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" !

Past

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

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

So she’s right

Passed

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

Past.

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'

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”

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

This is incorrect.

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."

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

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”.

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

OP's now reading this squabble with a face of

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

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

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!!

Ah, I missed her earlier post! Sorry all.

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

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

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

Follow is the verb

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.

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

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.

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.