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The Two Most Prominent Grammatical Infelicities In This Election. by modelsms(m): 8:21am On Feb 23, 2019
I will wager 1 million that this is the most prominent grammatical infelicity this season. For hardly would you hear 2 people converse about politics in English now without both using the word "CAST", albeit, wrongly.



The word CAST is an irregular verb, hence defies the normal conjugation rules. Thus:

It is wrong to say "Have you CAST ED your vote ?"

It should read "Have you CAST your vote ?"

See the screenshot attached below:


Cheers!

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Re: The Two Most Prominent Grammatical Infelicities In This Election. by modelsms(m): 8:26am On Feb 23, 2019
The second one is

ACCREDIT


Some often wrongly say "ACCREDITATE."


And the past tense is ACCREDITED, not ACCREDITATED.




Feel free to add corrections, if any as I am not immune to solecism!


Thanks!

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Re: The Two Most Prominent Grammatical Infelicities In This Election. by modelsms(m): 10:49am On Feb 23, 2019
Add any that you can recall.
Re: The Two Most Prominent Grammatical Infelicities In This Election. by modelsms(m): 12:52pm On Feb 23, 2019
See

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