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:
Should of, could of, would of. That right there is my pet peeve. Should have, could have, would have.
i could of swimmed real goodly on saturday if i would of sleeped gooder.
I thought this came from Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront "I coulda been a contenda - I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum."
Should of, could of, would of. That right there is my pet peeve. Should have, could have, would have.
i could of swimmed real goodly on saturday if i would of sleeped gooder.
I thought this came from Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront "I coulda been a contenda - I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum."
