drink - drank - drunk How many times do you hear a sentence similar to this, "I haven't drunk any water yet today." I know I don't hear it often, but sometimes I do use the past participle of drink in a sentence. When I do, I find myself hesitating and sometimes modify my word choice according to with whom I am speaking.

My theory is that since we use the past participle adjective form so often, the connotation of that word is so negative that we hesitate to use it simply as the past participle itself.

The evolution of language - Is it good, bad or neither?

~~~ pondering again ~~~