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erracht · Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 22

I am asking this long-unanswered question for tomorrow's intermediate class. Is the past of broadcast "broadcast" or "broadcasted"?

Snoopy · Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 185

Both forms are correct in the past tense, but the past participle must be "broadcast".

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

Irregular verb. Three identical forms for the present, past and participle.
Ditto for "cast": The dice is cast.

laodeng · Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 481

Roger, shame on you!

The die is cast.

The dice are cast.

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

Don't forget, "broadcast" can also be used as a noun:

"Last night's news broadcast went rather well, don't you think?"

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

Alea jacta est--the die is cast--said by Julius Caesar just before crossing the Rubicon, and a comment with great resonance at this moment.

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

Dr.J · Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 304 Location: usually Japan

Clearly it's "the die is cast", but I do not ever remember referring to a single "die" as a "die" during e.g. a family board game involving just one "die". Then, it was always "Give me the dice". But of course, we were only children, apart from my parents.

Also, it's broadcust.

Atlas · Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 662 Location: By-the-Sea PRC

Burn him!

Burn Him! He's a witch!

laodeng · Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 481

Roger, te absolvo.

English Farce · Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 47