Texting someone with your cellphone- how do you say you did it?
2007-01-14 11:43:09 · 11 answers · asked by steeplekeeper 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Texted" is most widely accepted as the past tense of "text", however a "text" is not techically a verb, or action. It is a noun, or a thing. The action you are performing is not "texting", but "sending". You are sending (action) a text message (thing). Pop culture, as it so often does, has placed an extra definition onto a word. If you are looking to properly phrase a sentence in the past tense about "texting" it would be "sent a text message". But I doubt anyone will argue with you if you said "texted". Hope that helps.
2007-01-14 12:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by Emma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Present = I text someone
Past = I texted someone
Future = I will text someone
2007-01-14 20:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by swelwynemma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just texted.
2007-01-14 21:02:54 · answer #3 · answered by The BecaNATOR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Texted someone as in "I just texted Joe"
2007-01-14 19:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by designmodeller1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
texted
2007-01-14 19:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by Darleen W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had text someone!@~
2007-01-14 19:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
texted, or textin'
ex.
"last night that boy from my art class texted me, he wants to know if im free saturday!"
"She and I sat there textin' the entire class period not hearing a word of what Mr. Bore said."
2007-01-14 19:48:48 · answer #7 · answered by susan s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i sent someone a text.
2007-01-14 19:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by prasad g 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just texted someone, or, I sent a text to.... or I sms'd someone...
2007-01-14 19:51:08 · answer #9 · answered by idk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I text messaged someone."
2007-01-14 19:46:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋