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I hate to use reddit as a resource, but there's a good discussion here about why "peaked my interest" doesn't make grammatical sense. "Peaked" is not a transiti
by prometheus76 4y ago
I hate to use reddit as a resource, but there's a good discussion here about why "peaked my interest" doesn't make grammatical sense. "Peaked" is not a transitive verb. "Peaked my interest" is a bastardization of the original because people were not familiar with the word "piqued" and guessed at how it was spelled when they heard it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/1n7ezp/why_is_piqued_my_interest_the_correct_phrase_i/ https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/1n7ezp/why_is_piqu...
- denton-scratch 4y agoI agree that "peaked" is intransitive! I was trying to parse it naively, to expose the silliness (i.e. for a laugh). Should have chucked in a smiley.
- prometheus76 4y agoI missed your subtlety because it's still quite early where I live.