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06.08.2019 · Texted is correct. Adding ed is the standard way to make a verb past tense, so with a new verb like text, that’s the default. With increased usage, a nonstandard past tense could eventually establish itself, but until then, use the standard verb form. At OED online (edited) entry on ‘text’ as a verb: Now rare. †1. A. transitive.

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 ...

A. Texted is correct. Adding ed is the standard way to make a verb past tense, so with a new verb like text, that's the default.

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 ...

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 ...

08.09.2015 · 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.

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.

27.03.2021 · Is it correct to say text or texted? Is it correct to say text or texted? A. Texted is correct. Adding ed is the standard way to make a verb past tense, so with a new verb like text, that’s the default. With increased usage, a nonstandard past tense could eventually establish itself, but until then, use the standard verb form.

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 …

RESPONSE: The verb "text" is conjugated according to the normal English pattern, so the past tense would be "I texted." Here at Merriam-Webster, we have a ...

I always say “texted”, on the grounds that the simple past tense in regular verbs (if there is such a thing) is usually (but not always!) formed ...

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.

v. text·ed, text·ing, texts. v.tr. 1. To send a text message to: She texted me when she arrived at the airport. 2. To communicate by text message: He texted that he would be late. v.intr. To key or send text messages: She was texting in class and missed what was said.