Quick question:

[conuly]

Ana and I were engaged in a frenetic battle to pinch the other's nose first (we do this every day), and I said "time-out" and then she chopped my nose anyway. So I said I wasn't "time inned yet" and she said "Yes, you were timed in", and which is right?

Comments

[siderea]

"Timed in". Verb gets the conjugation, e.g. "logged in". This round to Ana.

[conuly]

Only language wise. I got her first thing this morning!

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

Ana, because it's the converse of "timed out", which already exists. I'm not sure you can add a verb ending to "in", just because I can't think of any examples offhand.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Agreed. If I understand the grammatical terms correctly, you're using it as a phrasal verb with "in" the particle - so the verb is the part you need to conjugate. Same as believed in, brought in, coloured in, traded in.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

If you go by the "If you get the meaning across, it's good language" rule, both are right. If you go by grammatical convention, Ana is right.