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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/
by 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 agoIt'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.