Please help me settle an arguement between my two teen-age boys and their grandma, who is a former English teacher. Which is correct, "I sweat all over my head while we were out." or "I sweated all over my head while we were out."?
Although 'sweated' is in the dictionary, is it really proper usage?
Your input is greatly appreciated.
2007-03-20 12:03:37 · 17 answers · asked by SweetKarma 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Neither. It should read "I was sweating all over my head while we were out." I was an English major.
The first sentence, 'I sweat all....we were out' starts with a present tense and ends with past tense but you are talking about a past tense event. The second sentence, 'I sweated...' you are to use the word "had" before "sweated" [he had sweated all over his shirt] but when talking about yourself doing the sweating, you don't use 'sweated'. Instead you say "I was sweating all over my shirt."
2007-03-20 12:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sweat.
2007-03-20 12:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Sweated" would be the proper past tense of the word "sweat". However, I agree that it doesn't sound natural and seems to fight rolling off the tongue. To put the argument at rest and declare a draw, how about replacing the word (either version) with "perspired"?
2007-03-20 12:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by shaboom2k 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sweat is the past tense of sweat.
2007-03-20 12:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 02:21:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word is PERSPIRED................."I perspired all over my head while we were out....." Usage of the word sweat should only be used when defining a non animate object i.e. The cold water pipe began to sweat when the weather become warmer. Humans perspire. Granny has it right though if you really must use slang words.
2007-03-24 03:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by lindalousmile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I sweated," would be the correct usage. "I sweat," is present tense of the word. The sentence you are using is past tense.
Good luck.
2007-03-20 12:09:38 · answer #7 · answered by Laurel_Eden 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: 1sweat
Pronunciation: 'swet
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sweat or sweat·ed; sweat·ing
It seems like either way is equally right. This is from Mirriam Webster online
2007-03-20 12:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by watanake 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's sweated.
"I sweated all over my head while we were out."
if it was sweat, then the sentence would be like this:
"I had sweat all over my head while we were out."
2007-03-20 12:11:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about this: the past tense of "read" is "read." So why can't sweat be similar?
2014-03-11 11:31:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋