Verbs that end in "c"

[kelnet]

Conjugating verbs that end with a c seems to problematic for a lot of people, and one word in particular seems to cause trouble. So, as a public service, I offer a quick spelling lesson.

You must add a k before adding the -ed or -ing.

Picnic - picnicked, picnicking
Mimic - mimicked, mimicking
Traffic - trafficked, trafficking
Panic - panicked, panicking

You may apply this rule to any other word that matches this form. And I think you can figure out which specific one I mean.

 

[william tele]

And tomorrow....

 

[Obsessed]

I consider myself a pretty good speller and I don't recall if I ever spelled these examples incorrectly, but I never knew this good rule of thumb. Thanks for the PSA.

This is a nice non-curmudgeon way to convey an issue.

 

[flyswatter]

All are words that were originally nouns, so the verb forms do not fit the normal rules for conjugation/ spelling in English -- hence the trouble.

Panic/ mimic are Greek roots ("panikos", "mimesis"), so that adds to the unconventional form in English

 

[Obsessed]

So, if I'm using my camera to take a pic of a guitar and wanted to convey that episode in past tense, does that become "picked"?

 

[String Tree]

Conjugating verbs that end with a c seems to problematic for a lot of people, and one word in particular seems to cause trouble. So, as a public service, I offer a quick spelling lesson.

You must add a k before adding the -ed or -ing.

Picnic - picnicked, picnicking
Mimic - mimicked, mimicking
Traffic - trafficked, trafficking
Panic - panicked, panicking

You may apply this rule to any other word that matches this form. And I think you can figure out which specific one I mean.

How much of this will be on the Test?

 

[telleutelleme]

Pick - Picked, Picking

Plectrum, Plectrumed, Plectrumimg - Did I get it right?

 

[24 track]

Pick - Picked, Picking

Plectrum, Plectrumed, Plectrumimg - Did I get it right?

you for got to add a k
Plectrum, Plectrmked, Plectrumking

 

[wutmornin]

sync.

I get told to do it to my gadgets all the time, and assumed it meant syncronize but since there is so much modern parlance associated with the new technologies, I consider it a word and it is a verb, what do I win?

 

[soulman969]

How much of this will be on the Test?

Test???? Oh crap, that means I should be taking notes.

 

[dented]

Don't be a cynic.

 

[kelnet]

sync.

I get told to do it to my gadgets all the time, and assumed it meant syncronize but since there is so much modern parlance associated with the new technologies, I consider it a word and it is a verb, what do I win?

The consonant before the c means you can add -ed and -ing without needing the k.

 

[kelnet]

So, if I'm using my camera to take a pic of a guitar and wanted to convey that episode in past tense, does that become "picked"?

Hopefully, you wouldn't try to turn "pic" into a verb in that context.

Then again, I guess we could turn almost any noun into a verb if we don't care about rules.
"Yesterday, I guitared for a couple of hours."

 

[Theorage]

I'm going to do some track syncking today...

 

[moosie]

Don't be a cynic.

Noun. Like lyric.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Even a relic like me can figure this one ... hey, wait a minute!

 

[Doug 54]

Gonna syc that ol dog on ya'll

 

[Thin69]

Spellcheckers rule!

 

[moosie]

Gonna syc that ol dog on ya'll

That'd be 'sic'. Sheesh.

But then it looks like you made the dog puke on everyone. But it's correct!

 

[telleutelleme]

You could use politic as an example but it isn't allowed.