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Drowned vs. Drownded
Drowned
Examples:
The fields were drowned under the torrential downpour.Her voice drowned out the noise of the bustling city.Tears drowned his face during the moving speech.
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Drownded
Examples:
The basement flooded, and all my old books got drownded.She slipped, fell, and nearly drownded in the shallow end.The flowers drownded after the heavy rains last night.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Drowned is the correct past tense and past participle of the verb drown.
- Drownded is a nonstandard or dialectal variation and is often considered incorrect in standard English.
- Remember, drowned rhymes with crowned, which might help recall the correct form.
- Drownded may show up in informal or humorous contexts but should be avoided in formal writing.
- Use drowned when writing or speaking in any standard English context.
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