Conjugating the verb "to dive"

[Dan Gibson]

BS. Either is correct.

For a better explanation:

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/dove

Really it's SUPPOSED to be:

I dive
I have dived
I dived

Etc.

Dove is a bird.

However, "I dove" (in the water) has become accepted, even though gramatically it's incorrect.

 

[HowardE]

BS. Either is correct.

For a better explanation:

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/dove

It looks to me like saying, "ACCEPTED" is more apt than saying "CORRECT"

usage Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past tense dove, probably by analogy with verbs like drive, drove. Dove exists in some British dialects and has become the standard past tense especially in speech in some parts of Canada. In the United States dived and dove are both widespread in speech as past tense and past participle, with dove less common than dived in the south Midland area, and dived less common than dove in the Northern and north Midland areas. In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing.

 

[realdiver7]

Interesting comparisons between technical correctness and acceptability.

 

[rawls]

Really it's SUPPOSED to be:

I dive
I have dived
I dived

That's the way I use the wording.

Dove is a bird.

 

[dlndavid]

It looks to me like saying, "ACCEPTED" is more apt than saying "CORRECT"

ain't that the truth

 

[Paco]

My understanding was that dived is correct, but that dove is more widely accepted in the US than in Great Britain.

 

[Kevrumbo]

Yo buceo.
Tú buceas.
Él, Ella, Usted bucea.
Nosotros buceamos.
Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes bucean.

Nota: "Se conjuga como: amar "

 

[dlndavid]

Yo buceo.
Tú buceas.
Él, Ella, Usted bucea.
Nosotros buceamos.
Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes bucean.

Nota: "Se conjuga como: amar "

Tu vives en California, entonces es muy importante que tu hablar Espanol

 

[J.R.]

Dove is a bird.

Dove is a CHOCOLATE!!!!

I Dove... I have DOVED... I will DOVE again!!! I'm DOVE-ing at the moment!

... and, is it really proper to consider SCUBA as 'diving' in the first place when, in fact, it's merely submergance or sinking? (Hey, even "Giant Stride" is more like, "jumping in" than it is 'diving'...). I think we should call it "sinking"... it would give whole new meaning to "I sank to a new depth today." or "I've got a sinking feeling."

Conjugation: sink, sank, sunk...

Followed by: drink, drank... DRUNK...

 

[spectrum]

Interesting comparisons between technical correctness and acceptability.

Almost nothing else in the sport is an absolute, why should this be any different.