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by hijklmno on July 29th, 2007
This is one of the differences between the UK and the US.
Not many people in the UK would ever say "swum".
But neither is correct and neither is incorrect. Say what it is normal to say in your neck of the woods.
If the whole population of one area of the English-speaking world said "swimded" ("I swimded across the river") then that would be "correct" as well.
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