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 …
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.
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
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.
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.