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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Sneaked vs. Snuck: Jennifer Garner on Conan O'Brien



In this clip, actress Jennifer Garner tells Conan that snuck is not a word, and Conan proves her wrong. Gotta love his crazy laugh at the end. 

Actually, it's okay to use either sneaked or snuck as the past tense of sneak. Sneaked was there first (and is more formal), but snuck has been popular since the 19th century and now both are recognized as acceptable.
Posted by Snarky at 6:43 AM
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11 comments:

  1. Surely only by those who know no better! Why take a perfectly regular verb and turn it into an irregular verb? This has infected the world vian the USA, and most American grammar experts I have read, all say it should not be used!

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  2. eff off, sharon.

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  3. Sharon, please sneak out of the kitchen & suck my cock. You are just as insufferable as that Garner chick

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  4. Sharon, after you're done sucking that other guy's cock, spread your cheeks cuz I'd like to plow your ass.

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  6. Good God Sharon. "perfectly regular verb"? "the USA and most American... read .. not be used."?

    It's a little difficult to take your stance on proper English serious when you use the wrong tense and create a run-on sentence.

    Did you think you would get that sneaked in? LOL

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  7. You Anonymous people are complete idiots and it scares me the comments you left here....especially the sexual ones. It's disgusting and I feel sorry for your spouses, children, family and friends as you are most likely misogynistic jerks.

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  8. Wow. The content of comments here is disconcerting. A poster using the name "Sharon" posted something about her opinion on a grammar issue, and then you guys started throwing in disgustingly misogynistic comments. Get a fuckin' life, the issue is "should snuck be legal?" It's not the end of the fckin' world.

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  9. It is the internet. Con't take it seriously.

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  10. 'Sneaked' is correct, 'snuck' isn't. If ignorant people use a word that doesn't exist long enough, even dictionary compilers and ill-educated teachers accept it, but that still doesn't make it right. Sharon was right. And she wasn't disgusting, which is more than can be said for most of those who've left comments here. Oh, and one takes something 'seriously', not 'serious'. Adverb, not adjective, idiot!

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  11. language lives

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