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28a: Is the clue misprinted? If "cast" is meant to be "case", then "past tense" makes sense as an answer

Minotaur3 Sun 07/09/08 17:24

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kayakamina
Sun 07/09/08
17:48

What is the clue?

Minotaur3
Sun 07/09/08
17:51

Question Author

Stick around numbers in cast, for example

tyrepill
Sun 07/09/08
18:38

Stick=Paste.. around numbers=Tens.....Past (tens)e

shbg23494
Sun 07/09/08
18:48

cast = vote - with an X, X=Ten

prof53
Sun 07/09/08
19:00

"Cast " is an example of a past tense (of the verb to cast!)

Minotaur3
Sun 07/09/08
19:16

Question Author

Thanks, folks. But, I still think it's a misprint. A case is a tense, and cast ain't! I'll just have to beg to differ.

prof53
Sun 07/09/08
19:58

You may beg to differ, but you are still wrong. Why seek help on this board when you are going to stick stubbornly to your wrong interpretation? The past tense of a verb is certainly NOT a case, which, in grammatical terms, can only apply to nouns (and, rarely, to nouns and adjectives). The words "for example" in the clue refer to the fact that CAST is an "example" of a past tense. No thanks required.

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