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You construe vs You construed

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'You construe' is in the present tense, while 'you construed' is in the past tense. The choice between them depends on whether you are referring to something happening currently or something that happened in the past.

Last updated: March 08, 2024 • 1034 views

You construe

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'you construe' when you want to talk about how someone interprets or understands something in the present moment.
  • If you interpret something or make sense of it, you construe its meaning. If the new girl in your class asks to sit with you at lunch, you could construe that she ...
  • Present I construe you construe he construes we construe you construe they construe. Perfect I have construed you have construed he has construed we have  ...
  • v. con·strued, con·stru·ing, con·strues. v.tr. 1. To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret: The waiter construed ...
  • Present. I construe you construe he/she/it construes we construe you construe they construe. Present continuous. I am construing you are construing he/she/it is  ...

Alternatives:

  • you interpret
  • you understand

You construed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'you construed' when you want to talk about how someone interpreted or understood something in the past.
  • you construed he construed we construed you construed they construed. Pluperfect I had construed you had construed he had construed we had construed
  • Simple past. I construed you construed he/she/it construed we construed you construed they construed. Past continuous. I was construing you were construing
  • v. con·strued, con·stru·ing, con·strues. v.tr. 1. To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret: The waiter construed ...
  • I loved and guessed at you, you construed me. And loved me for what might or might not be –. Nay, weights and measures do us both a wrong. For verily love ...

Alternatives:

  • you interpreted
  • you understood

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