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Pleaded or Pled?

Which is correct?

They "plead" guilty or they "pleaded" guilty?

MWB Thurs 20/11/08 05:48

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TrishK7
Thurs 20/11/08
06:28

In England we would say pleaded, but in N.America and Scotland they say pled.
I don't like pled, glad we don't use it here.

RoaldoM
Thurs 20/11/08
10:00

A better way to say it would be 'They gave a guilty plea'

jno
Thurs 20/11/08
19:10

entered a guilty plea might be better... anyway, Brits handle 'bled' okay rather than bleeded, so I guess they could cope with pled if they had to. TrishK7 is right

adrenochrome
Sat 29/11/08
20:33

As an English teacher, I must agree with the comment above, avoid the word altogether and re-word it as 'they entered a guilty plea'.

Quizmonkey
Fri 05/12/08
11:27

...although there is absolutely no reason to avoid the word 'pleaded' in the UK. It is 100% correct.

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