English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
You’ve never DRUNK or you’ve never been DRUNK?
Drunk, as a verb, is the past participle of drink and should be correctly deployed as exemplified below:
I’ve never drank alcohol.✖️
I’ve never drunk alcohol. ✔️
I never drank alcohol. ✔️
I drink water every morning but I’ve not drank water today. ✖️
I drink water every morning but I’ve not drunk water today. ✔️
Drunk, as an adjective, means to be affected by alcohol to the point of losing control of one’s faculties or behaviour:
He was so drunk he lurched from wall to wall. ✔️
I have drank ten bottles of beer before without getting drunk. ✖️
I have drunk ten bottles of beer before without getting drunk. ✔️
GAB
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