To wish people wouldn't write 'text' when they mean 'texted'?

[SadAboutTheBoy]

Sorry, but it makes my teeth itch.

My sister text me to say she was late

I text the other mum to tell her..

He text me to tell me it was over..

It's texted FFS!

(And it's packed lunch, not 'pack' lunch BTW)

I think text as a verb will die out. Although I believe it should be "texted" in the past tense, it IS awkward.

In my next of the woods, we use "ping" instead. Much easier!

I supposed if all words have to follow the grammatical rules (past tense verbs ending in ed), I swimmed at the pool at the weekend and shutted the door are correct?

I don't understand why you wouldn't say texted ,if you replace it with 'message' you wouldn't say 'I message him yesterday.'

Texted sounds clunky and odd to me. I say text.

I've got a PhD in English

And yet you ended your previous sentence with a preposition.

So you're hardly one to give advice.

It doesn't sound odd at all to me, I wonder if it's to do with accent.

suburban do you know what a preposition is? Doesn't seem like it.

Also the poster gave a clear indication that she's not a prescriptive grammarian: so she is doing the very opposite of giving advice, in fact.

It's texted FFS!

Actually, it technically should be SMS (Short Message Service) but as text is a relatively new word in the English language, it doesn't have to fit in any rule.

For example, a computer mouse as plural, isn't usually referred to as 'mice'

Therefore, technically, both 'text' and 'texted' are acceptable.

YANBU but I am well known for being quite pedantic. I can see why some people think "I texted John" sounds clumsy so I generally say "I sent a text to"

You're right big. It's not a preposition, just sloppy writing.

And why mention a PhD in English if not to claim you're something of an expert? Unless you just want to boast.

Nothing sloppy about her writing that I can see. Even if it were, a forum is a casual place, no need to get too into dotting to i's and so on.

Having a phd in English means that she knows that prescriptive grammar is a total nonsense and worthless to even debate. We stopped discussing it after year one semester one.

Rofling at ending a sentence with a preposition being wrong.

Come over to Pedants' Corner, you might be pleasantly surprised (or not)

As others have said, "text" as a verb has already evolved from "text" as a noun. All new verbs evolving from nouns are regular. They just are. Which is why "texted" remains the only currently correct past tense. It may "sound" wrong, it may "look" wrong, but an English teacher will not mark it wrong, unlike "text" as a past tense.

Irregular past tense verbs are the ones dying out, not regular ones. So, even though, yes, absolutely, language evolves, it would be a real quirk of that evolution if a regular verb suddenly became irregular.

I do understand why it might "sound" wrong- it's the final consonant cluster /kst/ , but again, as others have said, any regular verb ending with the final sound /t/ has the "ED" ending pronounced as /id/ to accommodate the cluster ending in "T"

Bat- there's nothing wrong with "needs + past participle" being used in a passive sense. It's more regional than "needs to be + pp" but it's perfectly OK.

I disagree, big.

Any sentence that ends in "is", while not grammatically incorrect, is sloppy, in my view.

You can have any views you want about grammar but it doesn't automatically go with the turf if you have a PhD.

I used to know a girl from Huddersfield and every time her daughter misbehaved she declared it was down to "pure tireation" used to drive me nuts!!!

I LOVE that, I might adopt that expression

Hit send too soon.

I do agree this verb will evolve further- in the sense that it will become obsolete very quickly.

We already talk about "whatsapping" someone," PMing" someone etc.

They will all die out very quickly as they are replaced by the next big thing.

That's why language is fascinating.

"but it doesn't automatically go with the turf if you have a PhD."

Bit sloppy innit. In fact, I don't even understand what that means.

PS The sentence which ends with "is", is a lovely example of object omission, that's all. The writer has done it for stylistic emphasis

"Texted is correct"
"Texted is (correct)

The first is neutral and does sound clumsy given the context preceding it, and would be typical of a non-native speaker not yet advanced enough to feel comfortable using nuances.

The second is emphatic, and would get a big double tick from any teacher (again, if used by a NNS)

All native speakers use this kind of emphatic language naturally.

"automatically go with the turf" is tautology as "go with the turf" means "to be inherently connected with a given situation". The "automatically" is redundant.

Excellent analysis vintage .

If you substitute 'call' or 'email' for text it makes it clear how wrong it sounds.

But my teeth itch with the america, 'he wrote me' which following your logic would be correct.

I see 'text' as a noun, 'he sent me a text', 'I received a text' and 'he texted me' I would describe as being on a par with 'he lettered me'.

What is wrong with "He wrote me"

I don't think "write" has evolved into a regular verb yet!

"automatically go with the turf" is tautology

No, going with the turf means things going together unavoidably, not automatically.