play sneaked vs snuck video
Commonly Confused

Sneaked vs. Snuck

No other common verb follows the pattern of sneaksnuck. And no one's quite sure why.


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play sneaked vs snuck video
Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

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Old-School Grammar

 

Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.

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Or both? Or neither?

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There, there. We'll sort it out.

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

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