2006-06-26 17:12:19 · 14 answers · asked by tonyatomthor 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I use both depending on the context of what I'm trying to say.
Contrary to popular belief, they were not originally interchangeable words, though they have similar meanings.
Dreamt is the past tense of dream. It is defined as ""to have a daydream; an experience while dreaming". Dreamed is "to have conceived of, imagined or hoped for".
2006-06-26 17:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous Evil Chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dreamt
2006-06-27 00:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by Eileen A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer dreamt but that is because I am an English major who secretly aspires to be a poet.
Both are correct. Dreamt is more common in England.
2006-06-27 00:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by shoppingontherun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this is hard for many English teachers to swallow, but dreamed is an acceptable past tense of dream in many cases now, (i.e. magazines, books, movies, other media) even though dreamt is the "proper" past tense. Language is fluid, it always changes, and the movement of it is always towards generalization. It is generalizing to make an irregular verb regular by adding an -ed at the end.
2006-06-27 01:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by cheech_love 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is dreamt, dreamed is not a word according to spell check
2006-06-27 00:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by Erik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer "dreamt"
2006-06-27 00:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by T4Toyin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dreamt
2006-06-27 00:16:25 · answer #7 · answered by Foreigner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dreamt
2006-06-27 00:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by Alauria B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(past and past participle dreamed drÉmt, dri:md or dreamt drÉmt)
2006-06-27 08:01:40 · answer #9 · answered by loobi_rooli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say dreamt
2006-06-27 00:16:57 · answer #10 · answered by .... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋