Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » dove http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Writing for Business – dived, dove http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/writing-for-business-dived-dove/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/writing-for-business-dived-dove/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:13:05 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/?p=304 Which is correct?

As soon as I got the assignment, I ______ in.
a. dived
b. dove

Answer: Both A and B are correct.

Some grammar experts believe that the only acceptable past-tense form of the verb dive is dived. In recent years, however dove — which is commonly used in speech — has made its way into the dictionary and is deemed by most style guides to be an acceptable word choice for written English.

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