Please, explain the grammar Why is the passive voice form of the verb to drown is/are drownded, not is/are drowned

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Kirill Zhuravlev

Sep 30, 2018 3:53 PM

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Did you check a dictionary? My dictionary shows it is a regular verb: drown+ed

September 30, 2018

Please, explain the gramma

It should be "drowned", yes. Where did you find "drownded" ???

September 30, 2018

I agree with Joseph: "drownded" sounds wrong to my American ear. We would always used "drowned" in the passive voice.

October 1, 2018

Occasionally, older books or movies used incorrect words to mark a character as illiterate or poorly educated. (Back in the days when a student might leave school at age 10 or 12 to work on the family farm.)

September 30, 2018

Drownded isn’t used at all in the US. It might be an old form of English. But if you were to use that in a high school or college paper it wouldn’t be acceptable. It should be “drowned”.

September 30, 2018

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