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| Topic Started: May 1 2012, 02:44 AM (396 Views) | |
| angora | May 1 2012, 02:44 AM Post #1 |
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The usage of shined for the past tense of shine has been peeking its head out of many books and articles for over a year now. I always thought the past tense was shone. Have I been wrong all these years or is this 'shined' one of the pretentious 'new' ways of saying things? 017 |
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| campy | May 1 2012, 02:54 AM Post #2 |
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Angora they have it wrong. Shined is only for shoes. I shined my shoes and boy how they shone: As opposed to. I shined my shoes and boy how they shined. |
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| angora | May 1 2012, 04:59 AM Post #3 |
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That's what I think, it just sounds wrong but a grammerian that I know told me that it is correct in some gobbledegook way. I was wondering if anyone had heard more about this. |
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| campy | May 1 2012, 05:51 AM Post #4 |
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I don't want to hear anymore. It sounds horrible. |
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| wildie | May 1 2012, 09:31 AM Post #5 |
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And why is it spelled 'shone' when it should be spelled 'shawn'! signs081 |
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| campy | May 1 2012, 09:48 AM Post #6 |
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You are not pronouncing it properly if you say 'shawn'. You have to get your tongue around the 'o' not the 'a' http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=shone&submit=Submit |
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| angora | May 1 2012, 10:45 AM Post #7 |
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Dont you mean Sean? |
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| wildie | May 1 2012, 10:53 AM Post #8 |
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Oh yeah! :roflol:: |
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| wildie | May 1 2012, 10:58 AM Post #9 |
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I think that 'shone' should be pronounced as to ryhme with 'one'! As in he didn't like his neighbor he 'shoned him'! And when it quit raining the sun 'shawn'! (Oops! sorry Angora, I meant Sean!) |
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| campy | May 1 2012, 02:51 PM Post #10 |
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My Old Kentucky Home Words and Music by: Stephen C. Foster The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home 'Tis summer, the people are gay; The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day; The young folks roll on the little cabin floor, All merry, all happy, and bright, By'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door, Then my old Kentucky home, good night! Chorus Weep no more, my lady, Oh weep no more today! We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home, For the old Kentucky home far away. They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon, On meadow, the hill and the shore, They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon, On the bench by that old cabin door; The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart, With sorrow where all was delight; The time has come when the people have to part, Then my old Kentucky home, good night! Chorus The head must bow and the back will have to bend, Wherever the people may go; A few more days and the trouble all will end In the field where sugar-canes may grow; A few more days for to tote the weary load, No matter, 'twill never be light, A few more days till we totter on the road, Then my old Kentucky home, good night! Chorus From Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated, Chapter 2.100: "LRC Note: The modern version of 'My Old Kentucky Home' was adopted during the 1986 Regular Session of the General Assembly by the House of Representatives in House Resolution 159 and the Senate in Senate Resolution 114. http://www.50states.com/songs/kentucky.htm |
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| Trotsky | May 25 2012, 12:09 PM Post #11 |
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The transitive form of the verb “shine” is ”shined.” If the context describes something shining on something else, use “shined”: “He shined his flashlight on the skunk eating from the dog dish.” You can remember this because another sense of the word meaning “polished” obviously requires “shined”: “I shined your shoes for you.” When the shining is less active, many people would use “shone”: “The sun shone on the tomato plants all afternoon.” But some authorities prefer “shined” even in this sort of context: “The sun shined on the tomato plants all afternoon.” If the verb is intransitive (lacks an object) and the context merely speaks of the act of shining, the past tense is definitely “shone”: “The sun shone all afternoon” (note that nothing is said here about the sun shining on anything). Edited by Trotsky, May 25 2012, 12:10 PM.
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| campy | May 25 2012, 06:26 PM Post #12 |
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Anyway Trotsky. "Shined" whether it's correct or not just grates on the ears. |
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| angora | May 26 2012, 02:05 AM Post #13 |
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", the past tense is definitely “shone”: “The sun shone all afternoon” (note that nothing is said here about the sun shining on anything). Edited by Trotsky, Yesterday, 7:10 PM." That illustrates the exact usage I am complaining about, Trotsky. I am finding in the reading I do every day that I too often come upon ..." The sun shined all afternoon." It seems that a number of sheep have picked up on the rule for'shined' and have misinterpreted it. |
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| Trotsky | May 26 2012, 03:14 PM Post #14 |
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The man shined his shoes? Or would it sound better to say, The man SHONE his shoes? biggrin 04 How about, "He shined his light into the darkness." Would anyone prefer "He shone his light..." (Shone has alwayas struck me as stuffy affectation in most usages, like a bit Shakespearian or poetic.) So what do you guys think of the looks of this model: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=203133363&R=203133363 Edited by Trotsky, May 26 2012, 03:34 PM.
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| campy | May 27 2012, 12:41 AM Post #15 |
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Before you buy that model. Check to see what replacement parts are needed in case the faucet leaks and what it takes to repair it. Eventually. All faucets leak. |
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