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MWB | 06:48 Thu 20th Nov 2008 | Society & Culture
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Which is correct?

They "plead" guilty or they "pleaded" guilty?
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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.
07:28 Thu 20th Nov 2008
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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
20:10 Thu 20th Nov 2008
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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'.
21:33 Sat 29th Nov 2008
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...although there is absolutely no reason to avoid the word 'pleaded' in the UK. It is 100% correct.
12:27 Fri 05th Dec 2008

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