We should be consistent and say "readed". While we're on the subject, why isn't the past tense of go "goed"?
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Be the change you want to see. Making people cringe as bonus!
It's only cringy because you're not used to it. If someone says "I goed to work yesterday" you would know exactly what they meant.
Yes and then cringe.
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Maybe to reed (infinitive) and read (past tense), but you can usually infer which one it is from context so no need to change the spelling.
"I read the magazines" isn't clear on its own, but with other text it probably is.
"I read a lot of books about English spelling!"
Is this past tense?
Depends on the context
They should be spelled the way they currently are.
Spelt.
Wheat.