I have seen the word "sneaked" in a newspaper article, and heard it pronounced that way in an unrelated newscast. It looks and sounds incorrect to me, but I presume it to be grammatically correct, since that tense was used in more than one news format. What is the rationale behind this?
2006-11-12 17:42:23 · 4 answers · asked by LFM 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I know that "sneaked" is one of the past tense forms of sneak. To say "He snuck in." sounds more correct to me. My question is why newspapers and newscasts choose the tense "sneaked" over the tense "snuck"?
2006-11-12 17:56:22 · update #1
"Snuck" is indeed a word, unless www.dictionary.com is wrong.
2006-11-12 19:06:20 · update #2
Sneaked is a word. But also in the world of sports there are a lot of words that seem made-up or false. Like winningest for example. That one has always been funny to me.
2006-11-12 17:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by supermonkey081 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's past tense for the verb "sneak". People often use the incorrect "snuck", probably because of some rule in their head. For instance like with the verb "stick" whose past tense is "stuck".
2006-11-13 01:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by KIT J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Snuck" is not a word. Just something people say in jest, like "thunk" for the past tense of "think". The past tense of "sneak" is "sneaked".
2006-11-13 02:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Sneaked in " is a much better way of saying "Snuck in " and it does sound much better.
2006-11-13 01:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by vernon s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋