2006-10-14 19:26:50 · 16 answers · asked by Miss D 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Both are correct. "Dreamed" is more common in American English, while "dreamt" is more common in British English usage. In either case it is the past tense of the verb "to dream."
2006-10-14 19:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by rivkadacat 3 · 87⤊ 2⤋
Dreamed Or Dreamt
2016-12-11 07:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Past Tense Of Dream
2016-10-31 00:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Dreamt
Experience while sleeping (past tense of dream")"
Examples
He dreamt a strange scene
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Dreamed
Conceived of or imagined or hoped for
Examples
He dreamed his symphony would take the world of music by storm
2014-09-05 19:30:20 · answer #4 · answered by Lizelle 1 · 7⤊ 2⤋
I agree with Lizelle on here. Those are the times I'd use each word. As far as "old fashioned?" I use "whilst" quite often mostly because I belong to an online forum and there's many Brits on there. Hey, they pronounce a lot of words strangely. Ever hear a Brit say aluminum? Aluminium is how they say it.
2016-03-23 00:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jack 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference between dreamed and dreamt. Both are considered correct, and both function as the past tense and past participle of the verb dream.
2014-07-23 09:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mualusi 1 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I use dreamed when it "was" continual or several times. I use dreamt when it was once. Generally, as dragonwych said "let your ears tell you..."
2014-11-10 01:46:46 · answer #7 · answered by El 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've just written a piece and originally wrote dreamed - but I'd pronounce "dreamed" as "dreamt" so I've now spelt it that way. Maybe it's just euphony.
2014-01-05 18:44:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
They seem to be interchangable. They are both past participle verb forms of dream.
2006-10-14 19:33:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 10⤊ 1⤋
Dreamed is modern U.S. Dreamt is old-fashioned U.S. and Modern British. Both are used interchangeably in Canada. Same applies to burned/burnt; pleaded/plead (guilty)
2006-10-14 19:46:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 35⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you this. When I wrote college papers, had I used any word such as dreamt, spelt, or learnt, the professor would have circled the word in red, with the note: Weak verb. Re-write paper. And in the mid seventies, we had no computers or word processors. We had machines called Typewriters. Another tidbit, correction fluid was not acceptable. The entire page had to be re-typed.
With that said, I have a real problem to this day with the usage of any of the above.
And oh, by the way, I also cringe when I hear people say "comfterble" instead of comfortable. Especially people who speak for a living, such as news reporters.
2013-12-01 15:18:52 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 8⤋