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minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 months agoI believe that that’s historically a British English (“dreamt”) vs American English (“dreamed”) difference. Wiktionary lists them as both acceptable forms for the same tense and part of speech, doesn’t tag either as specifically American or British. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreamed simple past and past participle of dream https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreamt simple past and past participle of dream
minus-squareDistant_Foreground@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 months agoI love it when a pedant places a foot firmly into their own mouth.
I believe that that’s historically a British English (“dreamt”) vs American English (“dreamed”) difference.
Wiktionary lists them as both acceptable forms for the same tense and part of speech, doesn’t tag either as specifically American or British.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreamed
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreamt
Wow TIL! Thanks
I love it when a pedant places a foot firmly into their own mouth.