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- verbs - The pronunciation of ate - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I find the OED note puzzling, because the OED2 (and OED3—there was no change) article gives the pronunciation of ate as “ eɪt ɛt iːt ” and also makes it clear that eɪt is the older form, with εt being analogically formed based on similarly patterning strong verbs like read and lead (and also beat and heat in certain dialectal
- meaning - I just ate them and Ive just eaten them — Whats the . . .
"I ate it" is regarding the event on its own without considering any present relevance - even possibly those same acts of eating the curry, the cake and the polar bear In a similar way, some expressions of time encompass the present "Just" and "just now" do, and so normally do "today" and "this afternoon" (assuming it is still this afternoon)
- etymology - Origin of my dog ate my homework? - English Language . . .
The etymological origin of the dog ate my homework was buried in the the tale of George Washington and the cherry tree Although George was being truthful in stating that the dog ate it, over time the form and meaning of the phrase has changed to the dog ate my homework, a lie popular among kids of the twentieth century
- Should ate and eight be pronounced exactly alike?
In BrE, ate is sometimes pronounced et , and the Cambridge Dictionary gives this pronunciation Even if ate is pronounced like eight, there may well be subtle differences
- How to ask if a person has done had breakfast?
It would usually be either “Did you have breakfast?” or “Have you had breakfast?” Also fine are “Did you eat… ?” and “Have you eaten… ?” If it is — say — mid-morning, and you want to know if someone has already eaten today, then “Have you had eaten breakfast?” (possibly “…yet?”) is probably the more natural form (since they might still have the breakfast in
- A word to describe that you ate too much so you dont like it anymore . . .
In our native language we have a word for saying that you can't eat something because you ate too much of it and now you don't like the taste of it (for some time)
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
As OF implies everything up to and including a particular point in time As AT is similar to as of, and could be used synonymously As at has a connotation of a snapshot You might say transactions as of but balance as at As FROM is not an idiom in English as far as I have ever heard In order to be more clear, you could use different language altogether: I need all transactions up to and
- What American English dialect has et as the past tense of eat?
4 In several books and TV shows, there have been characters who say "et" instead of "ate" (As in, "I et dinner yesterday at 6:00") I looked it up on Wiktionary, which defines it but doesn't say where it's used: et (colloquial or dialectal) simple past tense and past participle of eat
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