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Simple grammar question.

I’ve always made this mistake, and i’m sure i’m not the only one. Okay so you know how there is die, and then there’s dye. Die is like dead, and dye is like hair dye right?

So…it’s die, dieing, dead. Or is it die, DYING, dead?

and dye, dying, dyed. Or dye DIEING, dyed.

I always get confused on which dieing/dying to use in a sentence involving someone losing their life.

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Simple spelling question.

I’ve always made this mistake, and i’m sure i’m not the only one. Okay so you know how there is die, and then there’s dye. Die is like dead, and dye is like hair dye right?

So…it’s die, dieing, dead. Or is it die, DYING, dead?

and dye, dying, dyed. Or dye DIEING, dyed.

I always get confused on which dieing/dying to use in a sentence involving someone losing their life.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (3 minutes after post)

I think the progressive of “to die” is spelled “dying” and the progressive of “to dye” is spelled “dyeing”.

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dylanjraub offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Plover, WI, US | 1 year ago (4 minutes after post)

they are both dying

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*Dorien* TTYL offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (4 minutes after post)

Then wtf is dieing???

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (5 minutes after post)

There is no dieing.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (5 minutes after post)

so theres dying dieing, and dyeing.

Then why is it a word? It has to stand for something?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (6 minutes after post)

dylanjraub wrote:
they are both dying

Nah keed. It’s dyeing.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dye

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (7 minutes after post)

☼₦ḭṤă☼ wrote:
I think the progressive of “to die” is spelled “dying” and the progressive of “to dye” is spelled “dyeing”.

this is right / there is no “dieing”

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Plover, WI, US | 1 year ago (7 minutes after post)

I’m pretty sure they are both spelled ‘dying’.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (7 minutes after post)

Also, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio…

There is no such word as dieing. That’s just how people misspell dying.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

Ahhh finally! I’ve tried googling it…Well not good enough.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (10 minutes after post)

Thank You =]]]

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (10 minutes after post)

dylanjraub wrote:
I’m pretty sure they are both spelled ‘dying’.

Okay. You’re right, the dictionary’s wrong. My bad. [/sarcasm]

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (11 minutes after post)

*Dorien* wrote:
Thank You =]]]

Welcome =)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (13 minutes after post)

☼₦ḭṤă☼ wrote:

dylanjraub wrote:
I’m pretty sure they are both spelled ‘dying’.
Okay. You’re right, the dictionary’s wrong. My bad. [/sarcasm]

Ahahahaha, Niiice one.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (17 minutes after post)

*Dorien* wrote:

☼₦ḭṤă☼ wrote:
dylanjraub wrote:
I’m pretty sure they are both spelled ‘dying’.
Okay. You’re right, the dictionary’s wrong. My bad. [/sarcasm]
Ahahahaha, Niiice one.

Thank you =). *bows*

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (21 minutes after post)

Oh yeah, you are wel-come. xD. (Inside joke)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (29 minutes after post)

*Dorien* wrote:
Oh yeah, you are wel-come. xD. (Inside joke)

=) smh…

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