Passed or Past

[MyPantsAreGreen]

My daughter loves designing notebook covers with slogans.

Which is correct?

"Follow your dreams past/passed mountains, past/passed deserts, past/passed rivers"

We've fallen out - I am thinking "passed" she says "past" !

[PurpleDaisies]

Past

[Soontobe60]

She's right!
Passed is the past tense of pass.
Past can be in the past, or going past something

[AtrociousCircumstance]

I passed a mountain on my way past an enormous dictionary.

[AtrociousCircumstance]

So she’s right

[tessiegirl]

Passed

[Bigonesmallone3]

I have just driven past the shops ✅
I have just driven passed the shop ❌

[ColeHawlins]

Past.

[tessiegirl]

Is she describing mountains in the past? Then could be 'past.
However if she us travelling past mountains it should be the verb 'to pass which would be 'passed'

[64sNewName]

She is right. “Passed” is a verb. “Past” in the way you’d be using it here is a preposition.

“I passed a cake shop”

“I walked past a cake shop”

[PurpleDaisies]

However if she us travelling past mountains it should be the verb 'to pass which would be 'passed'

This is incorrect.

[ColeHawlins]

Is she describing mountains in the past? Then could be 'past.
However if she us travelling past mountains it should be the verb 'to pass which would be 'passed'

No @tessiegirl - "past" isn't only temporal.

"I walked past the newsagent on the way to the bank.", for example is correct usage.

So is "I passed the newsagent on the way to the bank."

[64sNewName]

I think tessie does get it (she used “past” properly herself in her own post) - she’s just explained it a bit confusingly.

[PurpleDaisies]

I think tessie does get it (she used “past” properly herself in her own post) - she’s just explained it a bit confusingly.

She doesn’t. She said to use “passed”.

[ColeHawlins]

I think tessie does get it (she used “past” properly herself in her own post) - she’s just explained it a bit confusingly.

She used it correctly and then immediately gave the wrong answer

[ColeHawlins]

OP's now reading this squabble with a face of

[64sNewName]

I read it as her saying that you should use the verb “passed” to describe yourself travelling past mountains. And that is actually true! “I passed the mountain as I travelled north” etc.

But it isn’t what the OP’s daughter should be using, so it’s a confusing reply

[PurpleDaisies]

64 earlier in the thread she says passed as the answer.

[MyPantsAreGreen]

I am thinking, "Follow your dreams (is present tense) so there are two alternatives.

Follow your dreams walking past mountains etc

Follow your dreams passing mountains etc

I think past on its own isn't right as there is no verb for the movement included and actually I was wrong too because "passed" would be the past tense!

So confusing!!

[64sNewName]

Ah, I missed her earlier post! Sorry all.

OP, I hope somehow you can make sense of all this.

[mamma2016]

Follow is the verb in her sentence. She's using 'past' as a preposition. I think she's correct.

[PurpleDaisies]

I think past on its own isn't right as there is no verb for the movement included

Follow is the verb

[64sNewName]

Honestly, OP, “past” is perfectly correct in the first example slogan you gave.

Not sure what you mean by no verb? “Follow” is the verb.

[PurpleDaisies]

Are you going to admit your error to your daughter op?

[Danglingmod]

Yep, your daughter is right.

As others said, follow is the verb and past is a preposition... Replace past with below, around, under, beyond, above... (OK, not perfect semantic sense but all grammatically correct)... They're prepositions.

[driftingcloud]

The phrase is a bit ambiguous. Could she not just write Follow your dreams over mountains, across deserts, through rivers etc!!

Sorry to be a pain.