Dived vs Dove

[The Horn]

How about....I have gotten wet there before.....??

everyone missed this and I have been distracted ever since..............dive, dove diven who cares..........

I have gotten wet there before

 

[BKP]

"...swimmin' with the fishes..."
-Clamenza

 

[trucker girl]

I'm not a teacher of English but I met one once.

Indicative
PresentPerfect
I dive
you dive
she dives
we dive
they dive
I have dived
you have dived
she has dived
we have dived
they have dived

PastPluperfect
I dived
you dived
she dived
we dived
they dived
I had dived
you had dived
she had dived
we had dived
they had dived

Future
Future perfect
I will dive
you will dive
she will dive
we will dive
they will dive
I will have dived
you will have dived
she will have dived
we will have dived
they will have dived

Imperative
Present
dive!
let's dive!

Conditional
Present Perfect
I would dive
you would dive
she would dive
we would dive
theywoulddive
I would have dived
you would have dived
she would have dived
we would have dived
they would have dived

Conjunctive
Present Perfect
I dive
You dive
she dives
we dive
they dive
Ihave dived
you have dived
she has dived
we have dived
they have dived

Past Pluperfect
I dived
you dived
she dived
we dived
they dived
I had dived
you had dived
she had dived
we had dived
they had dived

Did you stay at a Holiday Inn last night too? I think I'm gonna need to see a sentence diagram from you, young man...

 

[trucker girl]

One of the fun things about scuba is the potential for so many lewd euphemisms and terminology...

Same goes for grammar...

There's just nothing like a dangling participle to liven up the party.

 

[D_B]

Did you stay at a Holiday Inn last night too? I think I'm gonna need to see a sentence diagram from you, young man...

ACK!!! :11: school nightmares!

I know that both terms are correct , but I sure get a stern look from someone if I say dove

 

[wardric]

where is Howarde?

 

[padiscubapro]

Ok, so I've been wondering this for a little while now... When speaking in past tense about a dive, is it correct to say 'dived'? I've noticed that most experienced divers say they 'dived' a site versus, when I was talking about my last dives, I said I 'dove' the dives.

I hope this makes some sense, and that this is not a completely stupid question, but it's been on my mind for a little while now.

American English dove is a proper past tense but dived is acceptable (its more common in some areas than others.. I am from NYC and dove is more commonly used than dived), British English the proper past tense is dived.

 

[miketsp]

..snip..
Nor, how I use such *******ized English.

Of course that's still American English, if it was real (British) English it would be *******ised.

 

[highdesert]

Drive, drove, driven ...

Dive, dove, diven ...

Hey, why not????

 

[DeepBound]

When I found out that 'dove' is a regionalism in Canada and parts of the USA, I started saying 'dived' even though it sounds awkward to me. I try to be as international as I can when practical