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speeded or sped?

English translation: was speeding or sped


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13:57 Nov 19, 2009
English to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
English term or phrase: speeded or sped?
"She speeded down a large road".
Is this correct? Or should it say
"She sped down a large road"?
Lietta Warren-Granato
Italy
Local time: 00:42
English translation:was speeding or sped
Explanation:
Depends on the context if you are refering to an offense then it is known as 'speeding' if you are merely describing what happened then sped, the irregular past simple, is correct.

Also 'large road'? should be long road or main road, perhaps..
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Wil Hardman
Mexico
Local time: 23:42
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +15was speeding or sped
Wil Hardman
5speededCharlesp
4 +1...she went speeding down...
eski
4 -3speeded or spedFrancesco Badolato
4 -4both are correct.Yasutomo Kanazawa


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +15
was speeding or sped


Explanation:
Depends on the context if you are refering to an offense then it is known as 'speeding' if you are merely describing what happened then sped, the irregular past simple, is correct.

Also 'large road'? should be long road or main road, perhaps..

Wil Hardman
Mexico
Local time: 23:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronika McLaren: difference explained in Oxford dictionary
9 mins
  -> Many thanks Veronika
agree  kmtext
18 mins
  -> Many thanks!
agree  William [Bill] Gray: ...or wide/broad road, perhaps!
26 mins
  -> Many thanks William... yes you're right, the adjective large is not normally used with road precisely because of this ambiguity I imagine
agree  Maria Fokin
35 mins
  -> Many thanks Maria!
agree  Samantha Payn
39 mins
  -> Many thanks Samantha!
agree  Liam Hamilton
1 hr
  -> Many thanks Liam!
agree  Charlesp: Absolutely correct - including the part about the large road.
1 hr
agree  Kim Metzger
3 hrs
agree  Polangmar
3 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans
3 hrs
agree  Goldcoaster: I prefer "speeding" - e.g. fine/ticket for speeding
3 hrs
agree  Kay Barbara
4 hrs
agree  Stephanie Ezrol
10 hrs
agree  Phong Le
11 hrs
agree  Vicky Nash
19 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -3
speeded or sped


Explanation:
Both are correct.

sped (spd) or speed·ed, speed·ing, speeds
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/speed

Francesco Badolato
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  urbom: Not in this context.
1 hr
disagree  Kim Metzger: "She speeded down a large road" is correct?
3 hrs
disagree  Kay Barbara: No
4 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -4
both are correct.


Explanation:
Both sped and speeded are grammatically correct.

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-11-19 14:05:40 GMT)
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According to the link below, speeded is used in a situation where it means "To move, work, or happen at a faster rate; accelerate: His pulse speeded up.", whereas sped is used in the meaning of "To go, move, or proceed quickly: sped to the rescue."

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-11-19 14:05:52 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/speed

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Local time: 08:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Maria Fokin: according to your description of the use of speeded it is wrong in this context - no acceleration is implied by this sentense.
36 mins
neutral  Armorel Young: only one is correct in the asker's context
53 mins
disagree  Charlesp: "...speeded down a large road" is not proper English grammar.
1 hr
disagree  urbom: The first example you cite is of the phrasal verb "speed up".
1 hr
disagree  Kim Metzger: "She speeded down a large road" is correct?
3 hrs
disagree  Kay Barbara: with Charlesp + urbom
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...she went speeding down...


Explanation:
It seems that Yasutomo's post is technically correct:
Verb: speed (sped, also speeded) speed. Move fast "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], race, pelt along, ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/SPEED - En caché - Similares

But I suggest an alternative:

HPD: Speeding teen crashes, flips SUV in water-filled ditch | khou ... - [ Traducir esta página ]7 Nov 2009 ... A teenager was airlifted to the hospital after she crashed an SUV into ... she was not speeding down the road, she went into a diabetic coma ...
www.khou.com/.../HPD-Speeding-teen-crashes-flips-SUV-in-wat... - En caché

'Uncle' Jim's car continued speeding down the dark, wet freeway to an unknown destination. Takako didn't look at the driver; she stared out the ...
international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/TGAEpisodeTWO.pdf


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-19 15:15:01 GMT)
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Saludos!
eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 17:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof: I would prefer this over 'sped'.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks & saludos, Tina! :)) eski
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
speeded


Explanation:
If this was a little kid, who hadn't learnt (learned) grammer yet. it would be "speeded."

I get the clue that it is a little kid, because of the rest of it, "a large road," which is also kids talk.

I am supposing that this is a dialogue in a movie.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-11-19 18:29:36 GMT)
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It is from a movie: "The dog speeded down a large road."

Charlesp
Local time: 00:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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Nov 20, 2009 - Changes made by Kay Barbara:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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