He Dived Into The Water

Which is right, ‘he dived in the pool’ or ‘he dived into the pool’?

First off, the verb dive is irregular. Dive, dove, dove. I will allow that people are trying more and more to ignore irregular verbs but nonetheless, the verb form is as of this writing, dive, dove, dove.Preposition into. I am not in the pool. I dive into the pool. I am not in the building. I walk into the building.I am in the pool. I dive under the water. I dive down to the bottom. I will say that diving in the pool is acceptable but more descriptive are prepositions like down, or under.I am in the building. I walk in the building. Even here, this” I walk in the building sounds a bit odd. The action of walking in the building is better described with another preposition such as around, or through. I walked around the building or I walked through the building.

How do I convert this sentence into passive voice "He dives into the swimming pool"?

Why would you?Contemporary writers of every sort grossly overuse the passive voice. When I taught freshman composition at Princeton, it was one of the first things that marked errors on my students’ part. Apparently, many high school teachers of writing suggest it as a more elegant means of expression. It is not; it’s flabby and wordy. Worse yet, it obscures the link between action and actor. In business writing, you will often run across something like “It was decided to accelerate the implementation of 360-degree reviews for the next evaluation cycle,” which neatly obscures who actually made the decision, and make it look like divine fiat.Sometimes one cannot avoid using the passive voice. But one should avoid it whenever humanly possible—by using constructions like “one”.

Is it proper to say "has dove" as the past tense of “dive”?

Dear Anonymous,No, the past tense for “dive” is either “dived” or “dove”; however, “has dove” is never correct. The past participle of “dive” is “dived.” If you use the auxiliary verb “has,” the correct form is “has dived,” which is the perfect tense, not the past tense.The simple past tense is “dived” (and occasionally “dove” in the U.S. and Canada). Notice that the simple past tense does not use an auxiliary verb (e.g., has, have).Below are samples:She has dived into the pool. (perfect tense) Note that “has dove” is never correct whether it’s British or American English.She dived into the pool. (simple past tense, acceptable everywhere)She dove into the pool. (simple past tense, sometimes used in America)For a full discussion on all the tenses and persons of “to dive,” see Sarah Madden's answer to What is the correct form in English as the past tense of “to dive”: “dived” or “dove”?.It even comes with a picture (well, a graph of irregular verbs)!—Sarah M. 4/25/2018ORIGINAL QUESTION: Is it proper to say “has dove” as the past tense of “dive”?

Which is better to say: you dove off the diving board /platform or dived?

‘Dive’ is historically a ‘weak’ verb, i.e. its past tenses were always formed by adding ‘d’, not by changing the vowel as in ‘strong’ verbs.In the US in the 19th century, some people started using ‘dove’ for the past tense by false analogy with ���drive/drove’. To add to the confusion, they did not use a strong past participle (which might be ‘diven’, with a short ‘i’, or perhaps ‘doven’), but continued to use ‘dived’.This back-formation happened only on the American continent, and has become standard there. So ‘dove’ is American English (US and Canadian), while ‘dived’ is British English.

What would happen if you pencil dive from a mile in the air?

Within the first 1500 feet you would accelerate to a terminal velocity of about 120 mph. In reality if you assumed the pencil dive position your speed might be a bit higher (I couldn’t find a statistic for how much higher) but I’ve been told that for a novice skydiver, standing upright in the air is very difficult.Impact would be very bad (duh). If you hit land, you might survive— several people have survived falls at terminal velocity, but I strongly doubt they were in a vertical position. Many of them were unconcious following their aircraft’s destruction and a limp human body would probably naturally assume a “belly-down” orientation. Landing on your feet is a good idea, however, locking your knees is pretty much the worst thing you can do. I found one site which suggested the forces on your innards are up to 36 times greater if you lock your knees.If you hit the water, I put your odds of survival as about the same. There is a supersition that falling from a great enough height into water is like “hitting concrete—” this is not quite true, but it would still be very, very bad. Your core body (speculation) might sustain less damage because of your legs are taking most of the impact and breaking through the water. Of course, you would almost certainly still be unconcious and therefore drowning is likely.

What is the correct form in English as the past tense of “to dive”: “dived” or “dove”?

Dear Anonymous,“Dived” is the past tense of “dive.” (In the U.S. and Canada, “dove” is becoming acceptable.) This is an irregular verb. Its past participle is “dived” and must be used with an auxiliary verb (e.g., “He has dived off the deep end.”).For a chart I created of irregular verbs, scroll down to the bottom of this page.For an example of another irregular verb (“drive”), go to Sarah Madden's answer to What is the past tense of “drive”?Below are forms of this verb in all the persons and numbers.BASE — dive;  INFINITIVE — to dive;  PRESENT — dive, dives; PAST —dived (acceptable everywhere); dove (gaining acceptance in U.S. and Canada) PAST PARTICIPLE — dived;  PRESENT PARTICIPLE — divingBASE FORM — “dive” — This is the form in the dictionary.INFINITIVE — “to dive” — Do you plan to dive your students?SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (use “dive” for everything except third person singular) — I dive, you dive, he dives, we dive, they diveSIMPLE PAST TENSE (use “dived” or “dove” for everything) — I dived/dove, you dived/dove, he dived/dove, we dived/dove, they dived/doveIMPERFECT TENSE — I was diving, you were diving, he was diving, we were diving, they were divingFUTURE TENSE (use “will dive” for everything) — I will dive, you will dive, he will dive, we will dive, they will divePRESENT PARTICIPLE with continuous tenses — diving — (“She is diving in the pool.” “He was diving in the lake.” “He will be diving in the pool.” “He has been diving for many years.” “He had been diving for many years.”)PAST PARTICIPLE with PRESENT PERFECT — dived (e.g., “He has dived off the deep end.”)PAST PARTICIPLE with PAST PERFECT — dived (e.g., “He had dived in that pool many times.”)Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) and The Elements of Style explain verb tenses well.—Sarah M. 4/25/2018MERGED QUESTION: What is the correct form in English for the past tense of “to dive”: “dived” or “dove”?ORIGINAL QUESTION: What is the past tense of “dive”?I created the list of irregular verbs below. Let me know if you want other verbs added.