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On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 22:45:14 EDT kbcdlovejo@... writes:
> "Dove" is a little white bird, a noun.
> "Dived" is the past tense of dive, a verb.
> It IS good and correct grammar. "I dove into the pool" is NOT.
> Common mistake.

Actually, both "I dived into the pool" and "I dove into the pool" are
correct. Here's a page with all sorts of references on it:
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/English/classes/GU4322/items/dove.html

I'll just quote a small piece (and damn, I love this list. Ot always
leads to so many interesting bits of knowledge!):

>>>DIVED/DOVE
In my search for the correct usage of the past tense of dive, I found
that most sources today recommend using dove. However, in the past, dived
was considered to be the more appropriate past tense of dive.
Dictionary of Americanisms by John Russell Bartlett
DOVE- Dived. This word dived was very commonly used among seamen. In
England, when a swimmer makes his first leap headfirst into the water, he
is said to dive, and is spoken of having dived. But in Modern English, he
dove would have been used as the past tense of dive. Even Longfellow
makes use of this form:
"Straight into the river Kwasind
Plunged as if her were an otter,
Dove as if he were a beaver," etc.
Canadian Journal, Sept. 1857
Encyclopedic Dictionary of English Usage by Mager and Mager
Dived was preferred to dove.
A Dictionary of Modern American Usage by H.W. Horwill
Dove is the past tense of dive just like the past tense of drive is drove
(making the same sound as in drove). For example: "I dove right through
the window, He dove into what proved to be a sandhole, and he dove right
toward the place where the two had disappeared from view" (110).
A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage by Bergen and Cornelia Evans
"The past tense of dive is dived or dove. Dove is no longer heard in
Great Britain but it is still acceptable in the United States, where
dived strikes many people's ears as 'something from the Bible.'"<<<

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Louise Rynkewicz

I'm from England (although I've lived in Illinois for 14 years now). I learned in British schooling that the past tense of DIVE is DIVED. It was strange to hear the common usage of DOVE over here in the States. Maybe it is also an issue of locality. Of course there are lots of minor language adjustments needed when a Brit comes to America. One very embarrassing moment for me was when I was tutoring for a Literacy Council. My student made a mistake. My response was "Just use your rubber" I wish to this day that I had a picture of her face!
Louise
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 19:58:51
freeform wrote:
>
>On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 22:45:14 EDT kbcdlovejo@... writes:
>> "Dove" is a little white bird, a noun. s>
>Actually, both "I dived into the pool" and "I dove into the pool" are
>correct. Here's a page with all sorts of references on it:
>http://www.hfac.uh.edu/English/classes/GU4322/items/dove.html
>
>I'll just quote a small piece (and damn, I love this list. Ot always
>leads to so many interesting bits of knowledge!):
>
>>>>DIVED/DOVE
>In my search for the correct usage of the past tense of dive, I found
>that most sources today recommend using dove. However, in the past, dived
>was considered to be the more appropriate past tense of dive.
>Dictionary of Americanisms by John Russell Bartlett
>DOVE- Dived. This word dived was very commonly used among seamen. In
>England, when a swimmer makes his first leap headfirst into the water, he
>is said to dive, and is spoken of having dived. But in Modern English, he
>dove would have been used as the past tense of dive. Even Longfellow
>makes use of this form:
>"Straight into the river Kwasind
>Plunged as if her were an otter,
>Dove as if he were a beaver," etc.
>Canadian Journal, Sept. 1857
>Encyclopedic Dictionary of English Usage by Mager and Mager
>Dived was preferred to dove.
>A Dictionary of Modern American Usage by H.W. Horwill
>Dove is the past tense of dive just like the past tense of drive is drove
>(making the same sound as in drove). For example: "I dove right through
>the window, He dove into what proved to be a sandhole, and he dove right
>toward the place where the two had disappeared from view" (110).
>A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage by Bergen and Cornelia Evans
>"The past tense of dive is dived or dove. Dove is no longer heard in
>Great Britain but it is still acceptable in the United States, where
>dived strikes many people's ears as 'something from the Bible.'"<<<
>
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>
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