subject-verb agreement - stridden

[James Smith]

To stride:

1.He strode into the clearing.

2.He had strode into the clearing.
3.He had stridded into the clearing.
4.He had stridden into the clearing.

Sentence 4 is what I think I would say (even if I were
not, as I am now, consciously trying to choose).
FWIW, grammer-check in Word wanted to replace "strode"
and "stridded" in sentences 2 and 3 with "stridden",
and a search at http://www.onelook.com turns up
several on-line dictionaries that agree "stridden" is
the p.p. of "stride".

BUT

To strive:

He had strived to make the world a better pace.

So, Arnold, what is the past participle of "to stride"
that sounds natural to you or your students?


--- "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2004, at 10:23 AM, i wrote:
>
>
> i was startled yesterday when i discovered that AHD4
> lists "stridden"
> as  the  past participle of "stride", without
> comment; a great many
> people reject both "strived" and "stridden".
> apparently there are
> enough who produce "stridden" that AHD4 lists it --
> but it's hard to
> believe that these people are now in the majority.
> when i ask classes
> to supply a past participle  for "stride", almost
> everyone falls into
> consternation or giggles.
>
>
> arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)


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