http://www.englishforums.com/English/BasicEnglishVocabularyQuestions/Forum44.htmFor Basic English ONLY. Please post only <b><font color=red>easy</font></b> questions and answers here.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#739328Wed, 20 May 2009 11:16:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:739328Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#739328http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-739328.xmlnope...it will be pronounced as (bet)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#685737Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:15:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685737Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#685737http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-685737.xmlThat is how I showed up here also. My English training tells me the past part. should be beaten. However in US and in parts of Canada I hear the word beat used frequently. In my mind that doesn&#39;t tell me it&#39;s correct, just that people more frequently drop the correct use of the word.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#679723Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:00:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:679723Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#679723http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-679723.xmlthxhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#635418Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:635418Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#635418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-635418.xmlno it changes .. its beat in the past and beat in the presenthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#606221Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:606221khoff4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/2/cqjgm/Post.htm#606221http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-606221.xmlHi, Anonymous -- I think it would be correct to use &quot;beaten&quot; in both your sentences. If you go to the home page of Englishforums.com, you can register and become a member, and then you will no longer be anonymous. We&#39;d be happy to have you!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#606046Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:606046Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#606046http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-606046.xmlI&#39;m wondering if -- at least here in the US -- there&#39;s a difference in the past participle of &quot;beat&quot; depending on whether you mean to be physically beaten or to be defeated. For example -- I was beaten cruelly by the neighborhood bullies. I was beat badly in a Scrabble game. As I&#39;m typing, I&#39;m not convinced that I&#39;m right, but I thought I&#39;d ask. P.S. I don&#39;t actually mean to be anonymous here, but I don&#39;t know how to participate in this group. I stumbled across it when I Googled the past participle of &quot;beat.&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#529252Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529252Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#529252http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-529252.xmlbeathttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#262364Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:262364Clive7http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#262364http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-262364.xmlHi, Well, I'd fine you $10, but you might not pay me. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#262362Sat, 23 May 2009 18:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:262362Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#262362http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-262362.xmlSo, if I write "can't be beat" in a poem, people cannot penalize me for grammatical mistick, right?http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#250089Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:250089Pidr1nhu9http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#250089http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-250089.xmlOhh you are right, he was asking for pronunciation. I misread, sorry.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#250078Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:250078Grammar Geek10http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#250078http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-250078.xmlPidr1nhu, the question was does the pronunciation change. If you say "I can read" and "I have read," the way you say "read" changes. But the way you say "beat" does not change. Also, as an American, I would say "They had beaten more natural than "They had beat..." - What is the souce that say U.S. English uses "beat" for the past participle.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#249993Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:249993Pidr1nhu11http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#249993http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-249993.xmlBritish English it changes: Present tense - Beat Past simple- Beat Past Participle - Beaten Us English : Present Tense - Beat Past Simple - Beat Past Participle - Beat Regards.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#248371Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:248371nona the brit12http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htm#248371http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-248371.xmlThe pronunciation of beat does not change.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htmMon, 23 Feb 2009 19:07:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:248365Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseOfBeat/cqjgm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-248365.xmlHi Is the past tense of beat pronounced the same as the present tense or does it change like read-read(pronounced red)