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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Sautée(e)d #55646 02/09/02 02:33 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 In English, the past tense of weak verbs* is formed by adding -ed. It the verb ends in e already, it is not doubled and the past tense is formed simply by adding -d. I respectfully submit that é is not e. Therefore the past tense of sauté is sautéed and the past tense of sautée is also sautéed. *New verbs added to the language are correctly taken to be weak. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Shoot the shute? Keiva 02/06/02 08:23 PM Re: Shoot the shute? wwh 02/07/02 12:49 AM Re: Shoot the shute? WhitmanO'Neill 02/07/02 12:54 AM Re: Shoot the shute? hev 02/07/02 03:24 AM Re: Shoot the shute? stales 02/07/02 05:10 AM Re: Shoot the shute? of troy 02/07/02 09:03 PM Re: Oh Shute!! hev 02/07/02 09:50 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Capital Kiwi 02/07/02 10:48 PM Shute, who wrote some very good stories TEd Remington 02/07/02 09:35 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Jazzoctopus 02/07/02 03:06 AM Re: Shoot the shute? Keiva 02/07/02 03:27 AM Re: Shoot the shute? Rubrick 02/07/02 10:15 AM Re: Shoot the shute? Keiva 02/07/02 12:26 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Capital Kiwi 02/07/02 08:51 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Faldage 02/07/02 08:55 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Capital Kiwi 02/07/02 10:47 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Rubrick 02/08/02 11:07 AM Re: Shoot Alice? Faldage 02/08/02 03:21 PM Re: Shoot the shute? Keiva 02/08/02 12:29 AM Re: Shoot the Guthrie? WhitmanO'Neill 02/08/02 04:09 AM Re: Shoot the Guthrie? consuelo 02/08/02 09:45 AM Re: Shoot the Guthrie? belMarduk 02/09/02 02:22 AM Re: Shoot the Sauté? WhitmanO'Neill 02/09/02 04:51 AM A challenge? wofahulicodoc 02/09/02 01:44 PM Re: Sautée(e)d Faldage 02/09/02 02:33 PM Re: Sautée(e)d Capital Kiwi 02/09/02 04:15 PM Re: Shoot the shute? stales 02/07/02 05:09 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 674 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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