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konrados  #514827  Sat, 17 May 08 01:26 PM
Hi. 

My dictionary tells me that the forms of the "read" verb are "read,read,read" so : "I read a book yesterday", not "I readed a book yesterday". Then why Google shows over 1.000.000 results for the word "readed"?

  
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tamguatlay  #514836  Sat, 17 May 08 01:46 PM

Hi Konrados

Google will give me all sorts of things, including wrong words.

For example, I type 'univresity' and got the following, which is only a tiny fraction of what they provided.

,,'res','1',)" href="http://www.umt.edu/bussrvcs/files/Petty_Cash_Fund_Request.pdf">THE UNIVRESITY OF MONTANA

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - ,'','html','1','')" href="http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:I-36ZKLNqaUJ:www.umt.edu/bussrvcs/files/Petty_Cash_Fund_Request.pdf+univresity&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=sg">View as HTML
Business Services. (406) 243-6260 Fax (406) 243-4867. THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. Petty Cash Fund Request. Department Name:. Chairperson Name: ...
www.umt.edu/bussrvcs/files/Petty_Cash_Fund_Request.pdf - Similar pages - Note this

,,'res','2','')" href="
YouTube - Leo at the univresity

Leo at the univresity. Hello, you either have JavaScript ...
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konrados  #514839  Sat, 17 May 08 01:51 PM
 OK thanks, so it's not correct?

 Btw: "univresity" gives only about 12.000 results. "Readed" gives many more ...

  
tamguatlay  #514842  Sat, 17 May 08 01:55 PM

Hi Konrados

You seem to think that more hits means 'readed' is correct.  

  
Zerox  #514846  Sat, 17 May 08 02:05 PM

 Google also gives many hits with words like 'taked' and 'gived', and the horrendous 'its' vs. 'it's'. Irregular verbs and their inflection can be hard especially for foreigner, hence the 'popularity'.

Remember that just because something is on the Internet, doesn't necessarily mean that it's correct.


  
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tamguatlay  #514849  Sat, 17 May 08 02:12 PM

Hi Zerox

A very good reply.

Thanks.

 

  
konrados  #514850  Sat, 17 May 08 02:13 PM
 OK, I get it now :) Thanks.
  
Tanit  #514864  Sat, 17 May 08 02:49 PM
Hi Konrados,

I see you haven't been welcomed yet, so ... welcome to the forums!

As the others have pointed out, you can find anything on the internet. I googled "readed", as you did", and got 1,260,000 hits. However, I could have access to only 938 of them. Where did the other 1,259,062 disappear???
If you want to know why Google is not reliable when it comes to very large numbers, you might want to have a look at this post .

Besides, while the vast majority of the occurrences were simply grammar mistakes (those where "read" should have been used), there were also some instances where "readed" was a typo (for instance, "Adobe Acrobat Readed" instead of "Adobe Acrobat Reader"), or lines from computer programs (for instance, "if end-begin < READBSIZE readed = end-begin"), where you can label some things to your heart's content.

Keep using Google, but don't trust it completely! Smile
  
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konrados  #514889  Sat, 17 May 08 03:52 PM
 

Tanit

I see you haven't been welcomed yet, so ... welcome to the forums!

 

Thank you!

And OK, I won't trust Google so much any more :)

  
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