"babysit" zero preterite

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> babysat

So, the claim is that _babysat_ is *not* - or is no longer - the
standard Past of _babysit_? Clearly, I've been alive much too long. I
didn't need to live long enough to see this happen.

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