Plea... (sentence, participle, quote, words)

[1973PINTO]

someone please use the words ... plea ... pleaded .. and pled in sentences .. i never hear the word pled used on Tv who done it shows anymore .. is it not a word ?

[MinivanDriver]

Just for that, I'm going to put it into the chapter I'm revising today.

[steiconi]

She heard his plea.
He pleaded with her.
He pled guilty.

[Arkay66]

Originally Posted by steiconi

She heard his plea.
He pleaded with her.
He pled guilty.

This.

[harry chickpea]

Pled is a marginal word. There are arguments both for and against its use as past participle.

Plea is a NOUN.

Plead is the verb that can be conjugated.

A related word, etymologically, is placate. One would not say "He plaed" for "he placated," and the argument against pled is strong if you rely on the etymological root.

Phonically, the argument against pled becomes more apparent. Compare:

https://www.theconjugator.com/englis.../to+plotz.html

https://www.theconjugator.com/english/verb/to+plod.html

https://www.theconjugator.com/englis.../to+plead.html

Which comes closer to:

https://www.theconjugator.com/english/verb/to+ply.html

Plea and ply do not have a trailing consonant, which thus makes for the counter-argument in favor of pled, but since plea is a noun and not a verb, the argument is questionable at best.

I slightly favor "he pleaded," but recognize "pled" as a vulgar term in common use.