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:
Two things in common usage bother me.First is "epicenter" when they mean center but want to sound fancy.Epi means on or above and epicenter refers to the site on the surface above the earthquake.The second is "decimate" which means "kill every tenth person".Reporters are always saying some area was decimated when I am just certain the tornado didn't line up the citizenry and kill every tenth one.
Two things in common usage bother me.First is "epicenter" when they mean center but want to sound fancy.Epi means on or above and epicenter refers to the site on the surface above the earthquake.The second is "decimate" which means "kill every tenth person".Reporters are always saying some area was decimated when I am just certain the tornado didn't line up the citizenry and kill every tenth one.
