What's the difference between paid and payed?

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badgermonkey said:
Grammatical thing

I paid him 5 quid. <--- Imperfect tense


I was payed 5 quid. <--- Perfect tense


Both past tense, one is the perfect conjugation, the other is the imperfect.

Spot on ;)
 
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I think they are different types of past tense, the names escape me though.

Edit: should have read the whole thread....

badgermonkey said:
Grammatical thing

I paid him 5 quid. <--- Imperfect tense


I was payed 5 quid. <--- Perfect tense


Both past tense, one is the perfect conjugation, the other is the imperfect.

What he said :D
 
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badgermonkey said:
Grammatical thing

I paid him 5 quid. <--- Imperfect tense


I was payed 5 quid. <--- Perfect tense


Both past tense, one is the perfect conjugation, the other is the imperfect.

I love how you're talking about correct English grammar yet used the slang word 'quid'. This is by no means a stab at you. :)
 
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jon86 said:
I love how you're talking about correct English grammar yet used the slang word 'quid'. This is by no means a stab at you. :)

The use of slang however, does not make something gramatically incorrect :p
 
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