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We thought the rider fell off or something and it was going to crash. Then it turned and kept mowing. Park Roomba!

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[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Am I alone in thinking it should be "is being mowed" because "mown" is a resultant property of the grass? Like being melted and being molten. Or is it one of these things non-native speakers develop a keen intuition for to be able to spot it just to be blind-sided by native speakers not giving a fuck.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I mowed the lawn, the lawn was mowed, has already been mowed... a freshly-mowed lawn. I'm not sure if I'd ever actually use "mown" as a conjugation of "to mow".

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Me either, but either word is correct to use.

[-] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's a past participle.

e.g. "The park or meadow having been newly mown, had an air at once ornamented and natural."

"An 82-year-old great-grandad survived being mown down by a car"

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

"Mowed" and "mown" are both correct, but I would never use "mown", myself.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 5 months ago

non-native speakers develop a keen intuition for to be able to spot it just to be blind-sided by native speakers not giving a fuck

Yes, that happens.
But does not seem to be, in this case.

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