"babysit" zero preterite

[Laurence Horn]

On Jun 25, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> 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_?

No, it's just not the *only* past of "babysit".  I think "babysat" is still much frequent than "babysit" [past] and "babysitted" combined.  Not a SOTA yet, but who knows what the future will bring.

LH

> Clearly, I've been alive much too long. I
> didn't need to live long enough to see this happen.
>
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