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Magic Mood Jeep wrote:

Falcons Quarterback Vick To Plead Guilty

I am sooooooooooooo glad you used the proper term "Plead" or (correct
spelling is "Pled")!!!!!

It burns me that even on NATIONAL NEWS programs they will say "pleaded"
for
the past tense of plead...huh? When did that become a word?

Well first, the headline in the above quote is not in the past tense.
So "pled" would be the wrong spelling for that usage. It says "Vick
*To Plead* Guilty" (my emphasis). That's an infinitive, and it should
be spelled "plead", so it's OK.

But your post made me curious about the past tense, so I looked it up
on dictionary.com. It turns out that both "pleaded" and "pled" are
correct for the past tense of "plead".

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plead

I've heard "pleaded" all my life, not just in the news or in conversation,
but in literature, too. It certainly sounds OK to me. (I think it might
be more common than "pled", although I've heard that too.)

Joyce


After I posted that I thought about it and thought I had it in the wrong
pretense. Personally I really does not bother me If I misspell or improper
grammar something on the internet as long as the point gets across. Now
something that is official that is different. And that is not a insult
against anyone so please don't think so.

In this day and age we are lucky that the kids and adults even make it out
of school knowing their name.

The guy that I am going to hopefully going into business with when my
stores transition to the other people. Tells me when the kids call to get a
price on a limo or other transportation. He tells them lets say a 10
passenger goes for lets say $600.00 for 6 hours. The kids who are seniors
and juniors always ask how much is that per person.