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Just FYI, the past tense of "strike" is "struck", not "stroke". It could be argued that it should be "stroke" to parallel words like "break-broke" and "wake-wo

by lisper 3y ago

Just FYI, the past tense of "strike" is "struck", not "stroke". It could be argued that it should be "stroke" to parallel words like "break-broke" and "wake-woke" but it's not. English is weird. (And the past tense of "hike" is "hiked", not "huck" nor "hoke", which aren't words at all [UPDATE - turns out they are, see child comment from u/GrinningFool], but they probably should be.)

Tempest1981 3y ago
Or they meant this def'n of stroke: > a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush in one direction across paper or canvas.
- lisper 3y ago
  Yes, but that's a noun, not a verb. The word "stroke" can be a verb, but its meaning (to rub lightly) doesn't make any sense in context.
- mrtksn 3y ago
  Well, IIRC I just tapped whatever autocomplete suggested :)
GrinningFool 3y ago
huck - to throw or toss; to launch oneself in the air hoke - to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or hokey quality to
- lisper 3y ago
  Well, whadyaknow. TIL.
  - GrinningFool 3y ago
    Me too, for 'hoke'. For 'huck' I first encountered it watching Tucker and Dale, as in "he just hucked himself in the wood chipper!"
ska 3y ago
Even more confusingly, if it is past participle usage, it's "stricken" e.g. "Strike it off", "I struck it off", "It was stricken off" same with drive/drove/driven One of those fun things for ESL folks I am sure.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  “Struck” is the general past participle of “strike", “stricken” is a past participle available specifically for the sense of removing from a list (but the general form “struck” is also correct and often used for that sense, too.)
  - ska 3y ago
    It's not that narrow - e.g. "was stricken by a sense of foreboding" You also would say panic-stricken, not panic-struck. Agree it's not universal though, helpfully, and sometimes is it "struck" in non adjectival past participle. But not in the OP case, I think (much like striking off a list, striking off a sign). I probably should have mentioned that it wasn't universal for struck though. I could just have confused things.

by lisper 3y ago

Tempest1981 3y ago

Or they meant this def'n of stroke: > a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush in one direction across paper or canvas.

lisper 3y ago
Yes, but that's a noun, not a verb. The word "stroke" can be a verb, but its meaning (to rub lightly) doesn't make any sense in context.
mrtksn 3y ago
Well, IIRC I just tapped whatever autocomplete suggested :)

GrinningFool 3y ago

huck - to throw or toss; to launch oneself in the air hoke - to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or hokey quality to

lisper 3y ago
Well, whadyaknow. TIL.
- GrinningFool 3y ago
  Me too, for 'hoke'. For 'huck' I first encountered it watching Tucker and Dale, as in "he just hucked himself in the wood chipper!"

ska 3y ago

Even more confusingly, if it is past participle usage, it's "stricken" e.g. "Strike it off", "I struck it off", "It was stricken off" same with drive/drove/driven One of those fun things for ESL folks I am sure.

dragonwriter 3y ago
“Struck” is the general past participle of “strike", “stricken” is a past participle available specifically for the sense of removing from a list (but the general form “struck” is also correct and often used for that sense, too.)
- ska 3y ago
  It's not that narrow - e.g. "was stricken by a sense of foreboding" You also would say panic-stricken, not panic-struck. Agree it's not universal though, helpfully, and sometimes is it "struck" in non adjectival past participle. But not in the OP case, I think (much like striking off a list, striking off a sign). I probably should have mentioned that it wasn't universal for struck though. I could just have confused things.