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Plead, Pled, or Pleaded?
When I read the definition for pleaded, I told my teacher to read it. I pled my case, but she spat in my face, and then in detention I was seated. I was sure plead was right rather than pleaded, but she told me to sit and be seated. So again my case was pled and was pleaded. She read me my rights, and I was ready to write a plea to the superintendant. Her fist found its place on the side of my face, and today she pleaded to be acquitted.
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- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
Very funny. For centuries, English verbs have gone through a process of regularization. The less we use a verb, the more likely it is to regularize. That is, it goes from having an irregular past tense form to taking the -ed ending. "Dive", for example. People are more likely to say "dived" now than "dove", and that's a change that's been happening over time. The same thing is happening to "plead". Both the regular and irregular forms exists right now, but each is more likely to occur in certain contexts.