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I've always said "texted" when referring to the past tense of receiving an SMS (text message). However I've noticed a pattern recently that a lot of my friends are saying "text".

I texted you earlier.

I text you earlier.

Despite having a red squiggly line under it in Chrome (look how it squiggles), usage of the word doubled between 2000 and 2008. Which word is correct?

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James Donnelly
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    Some people (and I've met them) have taken to using the verb 'to tex'. If you allow that then of course the past participle 'texed' (not 'text') makes perfect sense, e.g. "I will tex you tomorrow" and "I texed her yesterday." – chasly - supports Monica Sep 09 '15 at 16:40
  • P.S. I've added an answer to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30166/how-to-use-text-as-a-verb - In it I've given an example from a book where 'texed' is used. – chasly - supports Monica Sep 09 '15 at 16:59

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The past tense is texted. See here (I don't have enough rep to VTC as duplicate).

The discussion thread here shows that some people do use text as the past tense (which sounds utterly weird to me), but "texted" is recognised as a proper word.

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