What do you say when...THE GREAT DIVE GRAMMER THREAD

[Rick Murchison]

He dove.
She dived.
I went diving.
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Rick

 

[saying]

Past Perfect depresses me.

So I use "was diving."

 

[WileEDiver]

watersprite once bubbled...



Ahhhhh!!!! OK.... I'm OUT of here!! ;-0

I definately learned some good English grammar lessons today....

(oh my gosh... did I spell "definately" right and should I move "definately" to another place in the sentence too?!!)

It's been too long ago I spoke English, I see myself writing funny foreign English... VERY annoying!!

Watersprite

I hope you realize that I was only kidding. I was poking fun at the dive/dove question, not at you!!!

I meant for the "smiley" to convey that. If you thought it was directed at you, it wasn't, and I apologize.

 

[Zagnut]

If the the word: "have, has, or had" precedes it...then it is dived.
If not, it is dove.

I have dived this spot many times. In fact, I dove here yesterday. She has dived this spot many times as well. She dove here with me yesterday. He had dived this spot alot over the last year, in fact , he dove it yesterday with us.

That's how I've always handled it...past perfect tense?...what's that?

 

[WileEDiver]

Reminds me of the old joke about the seafood lover who upon arriving at Logan Airport in Boston, asked his cab driver "Where can I get scrod around here?"

The cabbie replied, "You know, I've been asked that question many times, and in many ways, but never in the past pluperfect participle."

 

[pt40fathoms]

Zagnut once bubbled...
If the the word: "have, has, or had" precedes it...then it is dived.
If not, it is dove.

I have dived this spot many times. In fact, I dove here yesterday. She has dived this spot many times as well. She dove here with me yesterday. He had dived this spot alot over the last year, in fact , he dove it yesterday with us.

That's how I've always handled it...past perfect tense?...what's that?

Hmmm, lets see:
"I have dove here before" Bbzzzztttttt wrong!
"He has dove here in the past" Bbzzzztttttt wrong!
"When you had dove here, was the water clear" Bzzzzttttttt wrong!

Well Zagnut, you get three gold stars for that one.:mean:

Don't you just love the English language.

 

[watersprite]

I hope you realize that I was only kidding. I was poking fun at the dive/dove question, not at you!!!

WileEdiver,

oh no, DONT WORRY!! I had a good laugh!!!

I found it very funny what you wrote! I knew you joked at the verb "to write, wroted, written". At the same time I noticed I had made a mistake in the use of the past tense, which made it even funnier, IMO.

I know you didn't mean to criticise my English. I just know how funny I sound when I mix up the tenses so *I* made a joke of it. Just a silly habit while speaking foreign languages I guess. I can definitely handle some teasing!!

watersprite

 

[Zagnut]

..and then look at your examples. You did just the opposite of what I said.

If you follow the guidelines I posted, all three of your examples should have used "dived".

Your three examles contain have, has, and had. Therefore they should not use the word "dove", they should use "dived"....just like I said...and like they teach in 3rd grade grammar.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

A student who said "We're going SCUBA-ing" in Zagnut's sentences you change it to SCUBA-d
Ber

 

[Zagnut]

.. SCUBA'd.. although I use it's other meaning. "to prepare one's self for the act of scubadiving, as in to don one's gear .

example:

Hey!.. Let's git all scuba'd up and head down to the pier!