Thread: How do Americans feel about UK spelling?
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Old 09-21-2010, 07:28 AM   #108
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Originally Posted by Jamess View Post
I'm still trying to work out why Americans use the word 'bit' instead of 'bitten' as in "he was bit by a mosquito" rather than "bitten by a mosquito"?
The 'ten' ending is tending to disappear from popular usage, from what I've seen. 'Forgotten', 'gotten', 'bitten'... all examples of less-common usage these days.
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