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Originally Posted by Razor12911
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Firstly, I will delete these Off Topic posts eventually.
Yes 'sneezed' is a word. ie: I just sneezed.
The wiktionary link you provided states the use of 'freezed' is
NON-standard meaning when it is used we know what you mean but it is not a proper word.
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Use of the "weak" inflection ending in "-ed" instead of the strong inflected form, froze (past) or frozen (past participle) is considered non-standard, though the speaker or writer would be understood.
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The proper word/s for 'freezed' is therefore 'Froze or Frozen.
ie: He nearly 'froze' to death in the snow. OR When we found him in the snow he was 'frozen'.
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When we found him in the snow he was 'freezing' to death.
I am Australian, we only speak English here, even though we were taught UK English we do have our own English slang. Some would say us Aussies have butchered the English language with our slang. I try my hardest not to use English slang when writing on International forums like Fileforums.
It is well documented that English is the hardest language to learn because of the way some words are spelt and pronounced the same even though they have a different meanings. Like the word 'train' for example.
ie1: Instead of travelling by bus I prefer to travel by train.
ie2" When I go to the gym I prefer to train alone.
English also has words which sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings, like 'there' and their'.
Another thing to consider, UK English and US English have different spelling words, like 'colour' (UK) and 'color' (US). Both words are considered correct but the US don't use the letter 'u'.
And that concludes todays English lesson.
