Comments on: Participles not thriving http://mcgees.org/2009/03/06/participles-not-thriving/ Website of Joshua McGee Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jordon Kalilich http://mcgees.org/2009/03/06/participles-not-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-51030 Jordon Kalilich Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:26:24 +0000 http://mcgees.org/?p=1436#comment-51030 Drive, drove, driven. Anything else sounds like how "thrived" must sound to you. I also thought of strive, strived, strived at first, but then I remembered that "<a href="http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/04/06/5-years-of-the-world-of-stuff/" rel="nofollow">strove</a>" and "<a href="http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/08/18/fay-fay-go-away-come-again-another-day-or-dont/" rel="nofollow">striven</a>" don't sound too funny. I would consider both schemes acceptable. This is interesting. Drive, drove, driven. Anything else sounds like how “thrived” must sound to you.

I also thought of strive, strived, strived at first, but then I remembered that “strove” and “striven” don’t sound too funny. I would consider both schemes acceptable. This is interesting.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2009/03/06/participles-not-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-51029 Joshua (Site Owner) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:13:57 +0000 http://mcgees.org/?p=1436#comment-51029 What about <i>drive</i>? <i>Strive</i>? What about drive?  Strive?

]]> By: Jordon Kalilich http://mcgees.org/2009/03/06/participles-not-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-50940 Jordon Kalilich Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:08:41 +0000 http://mcgees.org/?p=1436#comment-50940 Maybe it's just that I'm a teenager, but I don't think I've ever heard "throve" or "thriven." The form "thrived" sounds fine to me, and it's what I would use. In fact, it seems that <a href="http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2007/07/26/emu-sic/" rel="nofollow">I have</a>. The problem, I think, is that "thrive" isn't a common enough word for people to immediately understand (or to understand immediately) what "throve" or "thriven" refers to. Maybe it’s just that I’m a teenager, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard “throve” or “thriven.” The form “thrived” sounds fine to me, and it’s what I would use. In fact, it seems that I have. The problem, I think, is that “thrive” isn’t a common enough word for people to immediately understand (or to understand immediately) what “throve” or “thriven” refers to.

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