when do you use "dreamed" and "dreamt" in a sentence? got a little bit confused over the two.
2007-10-23 23:50:33 · 5 answers · asked by bautistaxtian 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Actually, in modern day usage, both DREAMED & DREAMT are acceptable.
It was, years ago, more correct to say 'I had dreamed about the day this would happen'. Nowadays, 'I dreamt' would be acceptable.
Other examples of this "change" are: BURNED - BURNT, SMELLED - SMELT,
DWELLED - DWELT. Perhaps there are others, also.
I had this answer prepared as a German student of English asked me the same question.
2007-10-24 00:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by cloud43 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both dreamed and dreamt are past tense/part participle of the word dream. Likewise, learned and learnt are past tense/past participle of learn. These alternatives are used interchangeably, though I find that in the US, the words used are dreamed and learned and not the other version. Even the spell check in YA does not accept dreamt and learnt!
There are some other words that similarly have alternatives with the same meaning.
2007-10-24 01:42:29 · answer #2 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dreamt In A Sentence
2017-01-16 12:16:28 · answer #3 · answered by fung 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we describe our dream, we say we dreamt such and such dream .It is past tense of the word dream and used to express your own experience.When we narrate the dreams of some one else,we say...Mary dreamed about owning a house or Jack dreamed that he was in UK.
2007-10-24 00:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Dreamt" is the past tense and participle of "to dream".
"Dreamed" isn't a word. It's like when some people say "taked" nowadays for the past tense of "to take". "Dreamed" is even appearing in some dictionaries now - doesn't make it right, though.
2007-10-24 00:04:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋