Drink, drank, drunk

CaroGirl · Mar 18, 2007

Which is correct, oh gurus?

They had both drunk enough not to realize the time.
They had both drank enough not to realize the time.

Word is flagging one of them as incorrect. Which one? You tell me.

arrowqueen · Mar 18, 2007

Drunk.

CaroGirl · Mar 18, 2007

arrowqueen said:
Drunk.

That's what I thought. MS Word grammar checker sucks.

Thanks!

Prawn · Mar 18, 2007

'They had both drunk'
sounds better to me.

Chumplet · Mar 18, 2007

That was a pretty kooky movie. I watched the whole thing, subtitles and all.

Ken Schneider · Mar 18, 2007

We went out to have a drink. We drank too much, and ended the night drunk.

Judg · Mar 18, 2007

grammar checkers...

ErylRavenwell · Mar 18, 2007

CaroGirl said:
Which is correct, oh gurus?

They had both drunk enough not to realize the time.
They had both drank enough not to realize the time.

Word is flagging one of them as incorrect. Which one? You tell me.

Both correct, "drunk" being the more frequently used as a past participle. In that case "drunk" is more appropriate since it is associated with a state of drunkeness.

Deleted member 42 · Mar 18, 2007

Notice the usage notes:

http://www.bartleby.com/61/26/D0402600.html

Drank is the past tense; drunk the past participle; it's often used like an adjective.

Drink, drank, drunk

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