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- 00:04
Past versus Passed, a la Shmoop. They may both start with the same letter...
- 00:11
...and they may sound like the same word when you say them out loud...
- 00:15
...but "past" and "passed" are different words with very different uses.
- 00:26
The word "past"...
- 00:27
...spelled "p-a-s-t"...
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- 00:28
...is a noun that refers to a long time ago.
- 00:31
For example, Great-Aunt Lila still wears clothes from the Forties because she lives in the
- 00:38
past.
- 00:39
Or, the Civil War was in the past...
- 00:45
...although there are some folks who may argue this point.
- 00:51
The word "passed"...
- 00:53
...spelled "p-a-s-s-e-d"...
- 00:55
...is a verb that means you're going by something.
- 01:00
You might say, "I passed by the store on the way to school"...
- 01:04
...or, "I passed a really creepy guy dressed like Hello Kitty at Comic-Con last weekend."
- 01:12
Now, given that "past" and "passed" can sound like the same word, how do you know
- 01:17
which one you should use?
- 01:19
Think of it this way. What sound do you hear when a car passes you? Whoosssssssh.
- 01:28
That "sssssssh" sound should remind you of the two "s"'s in the word "passed"...
- 01:32
...that's "passed" with a "d".
- 01:35
The word "past" with a "t" only has one "s", and so, sadly, whoossssssshing
- 01:42
is not an option. And that's it! "Past" with a "t" refers
- 01:48
to a long time ago...
- 01:49
...and "passed" with a "d" means you're going by something.
- 01:54
Now that you know the difference between these two words, all your confusion about this grammar
- 01:58
rule should be in the "past" with a "t"...
- 02:02
...along with bell-bottoms and mullets.
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