Has anyone addressed this before? The past participle of "swim" is "swum." "Swam" is the simple past. You can say, "I swam three times last week" or "I have swum in that pool many times," but you can never say "I have swam ..." It's simply not correct English.
Sorry to be persnickety, but as a former book editor, it drives me crazy every time I see it, and I see it increasingly more often now that I spend so much time here.:nono:
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... Or the continued use of "insure" when "ensure" is the word that should have been used!
That one gets me going too. Must be more an American thing than UK, 'cos since I've been here, I constantly see people needing to insure that things get done.
So you're going to call State Farm to "insure" that your kid goes to bed on time?????
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... Or the continued use of "insure" when "ensure" is the word that should have been used!
That one gets me going too. Must be more an American thing than UK, 'cos since I've been here, I constantly see people needing to insure that things get done.
So you're going to call State Farm to "insure" that your kid goes to bed on time?????