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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

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crikey.com.au
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    Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 10 Feb 2016

    Can any Americans explain why none of you understand the past tense of spit is spat?pic.twitter.com/qrLRJuA22C

    10:55 PM - 10 Feb 2016
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      2. Steve Strickland‏ @SteveStricklan6 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane Get off of their case Bernard.

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      3. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @SteveStricklan6

        @SteveStricklan6 I dips me lid

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      2. 7.1% dave‏ @altvarg 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane I think you can you use both, can't you?

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      3. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @altvarg

        @altvarg um, no, you can't.

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      4. 7.1% dave‏ @altvarg 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane I'm pretty sure you can. I spit it out - can be both past & present tense.

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      5. David Kindon‏ @dakindon 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @altvarg

        @altvarg @BernardKeane Is this a spat?

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      6. 7.1% dave‏ @altvarg 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @dakindon

        @dakindon @BernardKeane Ha ha no spat here. Bernard's right. I'd still use "spit" for past/present tense in singular pronoun even if wrong.

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      1. MelAnalyst‏ @MelAnalyst 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane Obviously American's are far more familiar with bible verses mocked up by weird TV preachers than with real English grammar...

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      1. Mairi Thomson‏ @mairithomson 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane Maybe because they could care less? That one does my head in...

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      1. kgelner‏ @kgelner 11 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane Americans use whatever damn tense we want with any word we want, just like we can have tea with or without sugar and/or milk!

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      1. Neale Ferguson‏ @nealeferguson 11 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane here in US the past tense of beat is beat not beaten, likewise bit: not bitten. Adverbs are MIA, but I don't take it personal

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      1. Phill 🍬 🌶 🧀‏ @PLCos 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane 'cause 'murica...?

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      1. Will McDougall‏ @WillMcDougall 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane maybe the DNC screwed over the spit in voters' faces? Not sure why they had spit on their faces though.

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      1. Robert Smith‏ @Ingram10 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane English is no longer a unitary language; Americans think we are weird too.

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      1. Johnny ‘No more’ Chuggins 9000‏ @chuggins9000 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane Also shit... Shat. I don't know why this isn't in the dictionary.

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      1. Paul Noonan‏ @PTNoo 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane just quietly the US usage is creeping into yr own publication including via Rundle.

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      1. mick‏ @_midofo_ 10 Feb 2016
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        For the fith time @BernardKeane

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      1. Matthew da Silva‏ @mattdasilva 10 Feb 2016
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        @BernardKeane Dearth of brainpower ..

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