It's "dragged" not "drug"
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wren_kt7ozI'll be posting something more interesting later today, but for now ...
Unless somewhere along the way, Americans have once more re-written the grammar books, the past participle of "to drag" is not, has never been, and hopefully never will be "drug".
It's "dragged". Dragged.
As in ...
The dog dragged the filthy towel across the clean floor.
He had been feeling depressed and had to be dragged out to dinner by his friends.
I had dragged myself reluctantly out of bed and was in the shower before I remembered it was a holiday.
She dragged her kids around the supermarket with her because she couldn't find a baby sitter.
The day dragged on and on and on. Mondays always did.
dragged
Not drug.
A drug is something I want to reach for every time I find an otherwise literate writer using the word as the past participle of a perfectly normal verb.
Think about it ... you wouldn't say that the curtains "sug" in the middle.
Or that she went out shopping and "bug" three great bargains.
Or that you'd "snug" your last pair of nylons on that damned old chair.
The curtains "sagged", she "bagged", and you "snagged" your nylons.
So why on earth would you have "drug" yourself out of bed?
PLEASE people, please.
Dragged.
Okay?
Unless somewhere along the way, Americans have once more re-written the grammar books, the past participle of "to drag" is not, has never been, and hopefully never will be "drug".
It's "dragged". Dragged.
As in ...
The dog dragged the filthy towel across the clean floor.
He had been feeling depressed and had to be dragged out to dinner by his friends.
I had dragged myself reluctantly out of bed and was in the shower before I remembered it was a holiday.
She dragged her kids around the supermarket with her because she couldn't find a baby sitter.
The day dragged on and on and on. Mondays always did.
dragged
Not drug.
A drug is something I want to reach for every time I find an otherwise literate writer using the word as the past participle of a perfectly normal verb.
Think about it ... you wouldn't say that the curtains "sug" in the middle.
Or that she went out shopping and "bug" three great bargains.
Or that you'd "snug" your last pair of nylons on that damned old chair.
The curtains "sagged", she "bagged", and you "snagged" your nylons.
So why on earth would you have "drug" yourself out of bed?
PLEASE people, please.
Dragged.
Okay?
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Date: 31/7/05 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 31/7/05 09:06 pm (UTC)I'm scared that someone re-wrote the grammar books while I wasn't looking.
It's been an increasing trend over the past few months, and finally it just got to me.
Sorry about that. But if you can't vent in your lj ... well, really, where can you? ::g::
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Date: 31/7/05 09:09 pm (UTC)m
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Date: 31/7/05 09:43 pm (UTC)By the time Brian drug himself out of the cold November air
And guess what ? he wasn't getting high on the air of Pittsburgh!
But I find them all the time.
::gibber::