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[KathyPet]

IS "kneeled" the proper word for the past tense of "kneel"?  I always thought it was "knelt" and that is what I have always used.

[NorthernLights]

I've always used knelt. But it seems grammar is getting lazy and adding the -ed is easier for many words.

[Montana]

Google "kneeled vs knelt".

[JeanLouiseFinch]

Not that it's a word I use often, but I was always taught that the past tense of kneel is "knelt".  Just to be sure, I looked it up and found that it could be either knelt or kneeled.  One reference said knelt is more Britsh and kneeled is more American.  They also compared it to the use of dreamt and dreamed.

[Kachina624]

I'd say knelt is correct.  Sounds like either is correct.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/kneeled-versus-knelt

[EastCoastGal]

I thought you could use either so I googled it....and you can use either.

I am really bothered by so many people ending sentences with "at"!! It's not just "Where you at?" It's so many more sentences now! I cringe every time I hear it!

[KathyPet]

Kneeled may be OK but every time I see it it just strikes me as wrong and I think "Oh No that's not right"

[Big Sister]

I grew up using the word knelt.

[sfnative]

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

I thought you could use either so I googled it....and you can use either.

I am really bothered by so many people ending sentences with "at"!! It's not just "Where you at?" It's so many more sentences now! I cringe every time I hear it!

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@EastCoastGal

Drives me to distraction as it does you.  Rule of grammar:  Never end a sentence with a preposition!

Wonder how many people these days know what a preposition is?  There's the rub.

[tansy]

http://thewritepractice.com/ending-prepositions/

http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/prepositions/Ending-a-Sentence-with-a-Preposition....