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The past tense of text is texted or text. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of text is texts. The present participle of text is texting.

The past tense of 'text' is 'texted', whether we like it or not. We are prone to be upset by the millennials constantly texting to one another.

27.03.2021 · How do you say past tense in text? American Heritage, for example, lists the past tense of “text” as “text·ed,” indicating that the word has two syllables. As for us, we pronounce “texted” as TEXT-ed, and we’ve never heard it pronounced otherwise. The linguist Arnold Zwicky shed some light on “texted” in a blog post he wrote on the subject in 2008.

The present tense of “text” can be used in the past tense as “texted”. The use of “texted” in the past tense makes sense for when you have ...

08.09.2015 · 1 Answer Active Oldest Votes 0 The past tense is texted. See here (I don't have enough rep to VTC as duplicate). The discussion thread here shows that some people do use text as the past tense (which sounds utterly weird to me), but "texted" is recognised as a proper word. Share Improve this answer edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38 Community Bot 1

"Text" is a regular verb, and so "texted" is the past tense and past participle. That said, maybe people say "text" (perhaps by analogy with " ...

Using "texted" for the past tense of text, sounds just as bad as using "thinked" for the past tense of think. Bill1 Aug-13-2008. 17 votes Permalink Report Abuse. Since the text question is vexed, you can do your own thing or just avoid the issue using more words.

past tense of text is texted or text. Text verb forms. Infinitive, Present Participle, Past Tense, Past Participle.

06.10.2015 · Also, "texted" is a bit awkward to say. Texted. I accept that 'text' does sound a bit past-tensey and (according to Wiktionary at least) it does come from the perfect passive participle of texo (to weave) but it isn't. Hence texted. 'I …

The past tense is texted. See here (I don't have enough rep to VTC as duplicate). The discussion thread here shows that some people do use ...

And that's what would make a past-tense form like “text” unusual. “In the case of the verb text (in its recent, electronic, sense), the ...

Yes, when "text" is a verb (i.e. send a text message), it's past tense is "texted". And I hear it quite commonly in everyday conversation. bubbha ...