Phone texts

Khannie

What's the past tense of the verb "text"? (i.e. to send a text by mobile phone)

My mother in law says "I text her earlier", but most say "I texted her earlier".

Who's right? And how do you determine such things with new words?

There seem to be lots of new verbs doing the rounds these days, like "google" and "text".

Genghis

Texted. Seems straightforward to me?

Eoin

Genghis wrote:

Texted. Seems straightforward to me?

That's what I would say - unless I hear different I would assume it follows the normal rules for a verb.

WRT to "google", this is actually in the dictionary now, although apparently Google (the company) fought against it's inclusion for some reason.

From dictionary.com

Main Entry: google
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to search for information about a specific person through the Google search engine
Example: She googled her high school boyfriends.
Etymology: trademark Google
Usage: googling n

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

"i sent her a text earlier"

Eoin

Mordeth wrote:

"i sent her a text earlier"

indeed, also used as a noun - but would you not also say "I was texting her earlier"?

crang

I sended a text to her earlier

0utshined

crang wrote:

I sended a text to her earlier

I sended a text to her earlier , so I did

snappieT

txtd !!!

Amz

If the next post isn't a constructive reply I'm locking this thread.

Dizzyblabla

you're right, texted does sound wrong, and "I sent a text" definately sounds more correct grammatically, but for texting purposes, I do write texted in texts (if that makes sense?), I don't like to shorten words or use textspeak, so I'll always spell out the full word...