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  It's just occurred to me that 'hit' is a rather odd word and has no past/post tense.

  You hit. You did hit. You will hit.

  ... and I'm not even stoned.

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  • similarly with words like "shit" and "bite" (unless "shat" is a real word)monospaced
  • I am stoned and thought about this for too long, I admitmonospaced
  • Yea, not so much though. Like you said... we have "shat" and also "bit"
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  • past tense of 'hit' is 'hat'sarahfailin
  • shitted is legitFax_Benson
  • no idea what the fuck I was talking about with "post tense" lol
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  • you meant future tensemonospaced
  • It's the only form of the word to survive in English, but if you look at its Norse cognates you'll find it used to have other forms.i_monk
  • slappppppedbklyndroobeki
  • swattedbklyndroobeki
  • catspraddledbklyndroobeki
  • just noting good alternatives if you want to post tense. haha, i love that ur a grammar geekbklyndroobeki
  • I'd hit it.pango
  • wondering now if there are any other words like this.bklyndroobeki
  • Found one!...
    what about "If anyone hits you, tell the teacher"bklyndroobeki

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