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Grammar and Linguistics > Paid or payed?
Paid or payed?
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Mietz
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Paid or payed?
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Just quickly I�ve learned, that (to) pay is an irregular verb with the past and past participle "paid".
I just saw in an exercise, that it used payed (regular). Checking the web made me even more confused. Can I use payed, too or is that not correct?
Thanks!
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19 Jan 2009
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Mietz
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So did I, but check the web... 
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19 Jan 2009
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Delphine 05
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Hello Mietz
It�s an interesting question... I�ve checked in all my dictionaries and I couldn�t find the form "payed" .. the past participle is always "paid"
But on the Internet I�ve found this explanation :
"If you paid attention in school, you know that the past tense of �pay�
is �paid� except in the special sense that has to do with ropes: �He
payed out the line to the smuggler in the rowboat.�
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/payed.html (this is the link you can find this information)
It�s very confusing
Have a nice day
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19 Jan 2009
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natyhatt
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I don�t think payed is correct. I have checked my dictionary to see if it was possible (just in case) but there was no mention of that. So that must be a mistake in the activity you saw. Maybe you should post that person a comment on that. Good luck and have a nice day! |
19 Jan 2009
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libertybelle
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When having to do with money it is always PAID.
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19 Jan 2009
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Zora
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It�s bad spelling... The correct form is "paid"... not payed...
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19 Jan 2009
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reijene
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PAY is an irregular verb, therefore there�s a slight change in spelling. There�s only one way of differentiating an irregular verb from a regular verb, and that is: TO ACTUALLY KNOW THE WORDS. Sounds kinda harsh, but that�s how we were taught.
there�s this rule about regular verbs ending in Y.
verbs ending in Y preceded by a vowel, just +ed.
example:
play-played.
verbs ending in y preceded by a consonant, change Y to I + ed.
example:
dry-dried.
the word pay, if you�re not a native speaker, or just started to learn english, or simply had overlooked, the mistake was quite easy to be done.
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19 Jan 2009
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dennismychina
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Yes the past tense of pay is paid. But do you have any idea of the future tense for paid is. |
19 Jan 2009
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dennismychina
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Wow I don�t know how I did that I jumped the queue by three places.
It must have been, is it a bird, is it a plane, no it�s ....
The answer to the above question is...... the cheque is in the post. |
19 Jan 2009
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Tere-arg
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I had never seen "payed" before but it seems it exists as a regular past of "to pay" but only meaning to slacken (as a rope) and allow to run out �used with out
Merriam-Webster online dictionary
I have also checked it in my unabridged paper version and it says the same: regular only with the above meaning.
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19 Jan 2009
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