2017年11月18日 · Not necessarily. In BrE, ate is sometimes pronounced /et/, and the Cambridge Dictionary gives this pronunciation. Even if ate is pronounced like eight, there may well be …

I find the OED note puzzling, because the OED2 (and OED3—there was no change) article gives the pronunciation of ate as “/eɪt/ /ɛt/ /iːt/” and also makes it clear that /eɪt/ is the older form, …

2019年3月9日 · Some disyllabic -ate verbs are pronounced with the primary stress on the second syllable (e.g. create); this isn't as common in American English as it is in British English (where …

2015年5月14日 · In several books and TV shows, there have been characters who say "et" instead of "ate" (As in, "I et dinner yesterday at 6:00"). I looked it up on Wiktionary, which …

2011年8月22日 · It would usually be either “Did you have breakfast?” or “Have you had breakfast?” Also fine are “Did you eat… ?” and “Have you eaten… ?”

2011年3月12日 · "I ate it" is regarding the event on its own without considering any present relevance - even possibly those same acts of eating the curry, the cake and the polar bear. In …

In short, what is the difference between the following sentences? I did eat my lunch an hour ago. I ate my lunch an hour ago. They both are past tense. Honestly, I'm confused between them.

2016年3月3日 · The past simple "I ever ate", means the eating is already over, ie. previously past meals. Nonetheless, the distinction would infer/play only if you were talking with a steak (in …

2021年1月8日 · Because 7 ate 9.— Gina D'Amato, 9, Milltown. … As I'm of a certain age, I tend to blame all jokes like this on the anonymous geniuses at Dixie Cup Corporation, who produced …

2011年7月13日 · I don't know if this works like compounds, but compounds ending in -ite or -ate are relating to oxygen compounds. Compounds ending -ate are compounds with more oxygen …