I have been trying to figure this out for years. I don't really know why I never asked my teacher in school, but you know. I've used certain words for years, but just recently I was laughed at because how I was forming my sentences. I don't know if it's because I was using the wrong words, or because they just think it's funny how I choose to talk. I live in the South, most down here talk funny as it is, but I talk differently than most. But any way, on to my question.
What is the past tense for of "ruin"? Is it ruint.. or ruined?
2007-01-11 22:15:59 · 9 answers · asked by ...Krimson Tears... 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I just noticed I pressed the wrong key. I meant to say.. "seem", not "seen". =)
2007-01-11 22:20:06 · update #1
HAHAHAHAHA.. Show me one person in the North that speaks "proper" English. Oh, I'm sorry, "decent" English. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
I strive to correct the way I speak. I want the whole sterotype of the South to be gone. Not all down here are complete idiots. Must be why I asked instead of going on thinking one way, and it's the other.
2007-01-11 22:27:14 · update #2
Also, please don't tell me you speak decent English if you try to say it's ruined, and you say, "it ruined". Not exactly proving your point, now are you?!
2007-01-11 22:28:12 · update #3
Oh my.. trying to tell me you're speaking decent English when you use the wrong your/you're, and you misspell "where".
Remember one thing.. YOU+ARE equals YOU'RE!
2007-01-11 22:33:10 · update #4
It's actually ruined, but I grew up saying things were "plum ruint" or the dog ruint ma shoes.
Not many people I know say boy howdy or shewwwww doggies, but I'm not givin' up my language for anybody...
If it's part of your accent, and the way you were raised, I think you should keep on saying it. I'm proud of my southern heritage, and I'm proud of my family... so some things will never change.
Read through some of the questions and posts on here - at least you speak understandable english.
2007-01-11 22:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The past tense for ruin is ruined. However, it was not always pronounced this way. It would have been pronounced ruint in the past as a holdover from the Old Norse and Germanic influences on English. Case in point: we spell pronounced but say pronounct!
2007-01-11 22:28:27 · answer #2 · answered by darestobelieve 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ruined
2007-01-11 22:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by SteveT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the South, we commonly say, "ruint". But "ruined" is the correct answer.
2007-01-11 22:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs.Blessed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ruined. Check the dictionary for things like that. It will say pt or somehting to indicate past tense. And then at the back it will say what pt means.
2007-01-11 22:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by Put_ya_mitts_up 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ruined" - no matter how different dialects may pronounce it.
But, don't feel bad. Pronunciation and spelling are not the same.
US - and I think Canadians - still spell "herbs" with an "h", while saying "erbs", amongst other butcherings of the 'Queen's English'!
2007-01-11 22:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on whare your from. if your from the south its ruint and if your from the north where we speak proper english ok at least decent english it ruined.
2007-01-11 22:24:48 · answer #7 · answered by RHONDA P 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh sorry 4 u that must be hard
anyway its ruined trust me
2007-01-11 22:20:35 · answer #8 · answered by hotdog2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ruined. don't mind other people...
2007-01-11 22:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋