HaffiezMike  +  70288 Thu, 27 Jan 05 06:38 AM In Malaysia and Australia, Prepay is spelled and used widely as PREPAID! That is definitely WRONG (not so sure about that but I know its not the right way to combine PRE and past tense)! But why are they (not all mobile operators in Australia tho) using PREPAID instead of PREPAY? Why dont the just follow the British English which is more comfortable to use PAY AS YOU GO or PAY AS YOU TALK because that is not confusing :p http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/go.asp?D1=20&H1=101&T1=prepay FOR MORE INFO HaffiezMike Joined on Fri, Jul 9 2004 KL, Malaysia Junior Member 67 I'd be happy to help you guys but I warn : I'm the kind of person who can easily gets confused :) and I'm not so native but been speaking British English since I was... British English, Tenses, Past Tenses

	nona the brit  +  70323 Thu, 27 Jan 05 10:36 AM Hi, In Britain we also use the word Prepaid for many things, it just means 'paid for in advance'. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	LanguageLover  +  118758 Sat, 16 Jul 05 12:55 PM I'm also in confusion here, when "prepay" is a verb, what's wrong with "prepaid"? LanguageLover Joined on Fri, Feb 25 2005 Contributing Member 1,507 The similarities among the languages are more than their differences!

	MrPedantic  +  118765 Sat, 16 Jul 05 01:12 PM Hello HM and LL I would interpret each version as follows: 1. A prepay mobile – a mobile where you pay for your usage in advance. 2. A prepaid mobile – a mobile where you've paid for your usage. I'd be more comfortable with #1, as #2 implies that you've already paid for all your future usage. ('Prepaid envelope', for example, is a slightly different case, as you only use the envelope once.) MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	LanguageLover  +  118776 Sat, 16 Jul 05 02:03 PM Thanks MrP. I guess we can use a prepaid telephone card for a limited use of the mobile, can't we? LanguageLover

	MrPedantic  +  118779 Sat, 16 Jul 05 02:19 PM Yes, 'prepaid phone card' is quite common. On reflection, you could also interpret 'prepaid' in 'prepaid mobile' as meaning 'mobile which uses prepaid top-ups'. So there seems to be a case for either version! MrP MrPedantic

	LanguageLover  +  118809 Sat, 16 Jul 05 03:58 PM Thanks MrP. LanguageLover