Oct 21, 2014 · drank is the simple past tense: "I drank the wine yesterday." drunk is the past participle, used in the perfect and pluperfect tenses of the verb. "I had drunk the wine before you arrived." See: Drink drank drunk

Apr 9, 2020 · To be honest, the fact that this has become a by-word for gullibility is a bit unfair to the victims of the slaughter. According to Wikipedia the adults who drank the poisoned Flavor-Aid were faced with armed guards who were prepared to shoot anyone who disobeyed. –

Sep 20, 2021 · Drank is a simple past (eg He drank the wine) and cannot be part of any verb phrase with is. Drunk is the past participle, so it can be used to form a passive, or adjectivally. However, when used as an adjective, it almost always means "intoxicated", not "consumed", so you might say The man is half drunk, but probably not The wine is half drunk.

Dec 23, 2017 · The grammar is correct, but it sounds a little bit awkward to say it like that because when you say drunk, it brings to mind the image of a person who has been intoxicated with alcohol.

I drank. I never drank. The same is true for other forms of drink. Compare: I drink coffee. I never drink coffee. I have drunk coffee. I have never drunk coffee. Drink is a bit of an odd word, historically. For a time, it was fashionable to avoid association with drunkenness by saying drank when drunk was more appropriate.

Not only did he exceed the speed limit, but he [] also drank alcohol. He not only exceeded the speed limit, but he [] also drank alcohol. If you want to keep had you will need to make some different changes: Not only had he exceeded the speed limit, but he had also drunk / had also been drinking alcohol.

Jan 14, 2019 · Some examples of where drank would be an appropriate word choice would be: I drank a lot of tea this afternoon. [simple past] The American guests have drank almost as much tea as their British hosts at the party tonight. [past participle] As both terms also form the past tense of drink, in informal speech you might also hear:

Oct 30, 2018 · He drank the tea Ann made for him. would be correct with or without "for" He drank the tea Ann made him. is as much right as. He drank the tea Ann made for him. Overall, the first sentence is correct without "for" and the second one is correct with or without "for".

Jul 7, 2020 · @Lambie - The question says that, “there is a glass of water, and something drunk/someone drank” from it. It does not state who originally owned the glass. Nor, if the person who they are going to address is the original owner, the surreptitious drinker, a new or future owner, or themselves.

Oct 14, 2015 · "I drank until I could barely stand" First popularised in the song "Show me the Way to go Home" written in 1925. I see nothing wrong with the sentence in itself, merely in the connotation. To avoid the possible confusion, you might be wiser to actually specify "I went out for a couple of beers last night" or