This came up at a holiday dinner a few weeks ago and nobody could answer the question.
When selecting a dessert, I decided to forego having cheesecake for coffee-cake. In this context, what is the past tense of to forego? Is it forewent (i.e. I forewent having the cheesecake for the coffee-cake)? That doesn’t seem correct, and either does foregone. Please help.
TIA.
dave
Well, according to Dictionary.com foregone is the past participle of forego. So, that’s my bet.
As the foregoing OP makes clear, the past tense is indeed “forewent” – it’s a foregone conclusion that “forego” takes the same modifications as “go”
(“Foregone” is the past participle.)
Just popping in to clarify:
Forego = “to go before, to precede”
Forgo = “to go without”
In both cases, the past tense is “for[e]went.” So you forwent the piece of cheesecake.