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edit Verb drug US Simple past tense and past participle of drag You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile edit Usage notes In British English this is incorrect the correct past tense of drag is dragged Random House says that drug is nonstandard as the past tense of drag...

Speakers of British English have a very strong preference for already with the perfect tenses to the exclusion of the simple past But check with a speaker of BrE to be sure Americans use already quite freely with the perfect tenses and the simple past I already saw that movie Even though as a...