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

30 sept. 2018 15:53

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

30 septembre 2018

Please, explain the gramma

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

30 septembre 2018

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

1 octobre 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.)

30 septembre 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”.

30 septembre 2018

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