Which is correct text or texted?

Texted is correct. Adding ed is the standard way to make a verb past tense, so with a new verb like text, that’s the default. With increased usage, a nonstandard past tense could eventually establish itself, but until then, use the standard verb form.

Is could have grammatically correct?

You should never use could of. It is a mistake by careless writers that results from a misunderstanding of spoken English. Since could have is a verb phrase, and of is preposition, you will always know to use could have as long as you can remember the parts of speech of have and of.

What do you mean by texted?

to send someone a text message by phone: I texted her to arrange a time to meet. She spends hours texting her boyfriend. He texted me when he set off.

Could have or could have had?

3 Answers. “Which could have” in this case would indicate that the impact is still to come. If the study has concluded then “Could have had” would be much more appropriate. If the study is still in progress, could have an impact is correct.

Is it grammatically correct to say ‘text’ or ‘texted’?

As in I think “texted” is a perfectly acceptable, if informal word. I regularly say that I “grepped” something (from ‘global regular expression’). It’s a neologism – a newly emerging word. If the informality bothers you, I would say that the more formal version would “text-messaged”.

How do you use the word text in a sentence?

He texted a long wish list to his parents two days before his eighteenth birthday. Texted is a word and is the past tense. See the byspels at both Merriam-Webster: I texted her a little while ago. I texted a message to her. She just texted me back. I text her.

Is ‘texted’ a bad word?

If text is used as a verb, which it is, then its past tense and past participle are texted. As in I think “texted” is a perfectly acceptable, if informal word. I regularly say that I “grepped” something (from ‘global regular expression’). It’s a neologism – a newly emerging word.

What is the past tense of text message?

Texted is a word and is the past tense. See the byspels at both Merriam-Webster: I texted her a little while ago. I texted a message to her. She just texted me back. I text her. If a word can stand alone without adding -ed then the correct word to use would be “text”. I text her yesterday stands alone without adding -ed.