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EATATE

Common Stumbling Blocks - Peculiar Constructions - Misused Forms. Don't confound the two. Eat is present, ate is past. "I eat the bread" means that I am continuing the eating; "I ate the bread" means that the act of eating is past. Eaten is the perfect participle, but often eat is used instead, and as it has the same pronunciation (et) of ate, care should be taken to distinguish the past tense, I ate from the perfect I have eaten (eat). Next: SEQUENCE OF PERSON Previous: ININTO Report Privacy SHARE BOOKMARK

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