What should I say:

The coil should be rewinded or The coil should be rewound?

I need an authoritative answer. Gracias.

 

Rewound.

In theory either is probably valid, but Rewinded is extremely rare and would sound very odd to English speakers in UK.

Not sure if America uses rewinded, but I doubt it.

I have no authority, sadly, other than being a native English speaker

 

What should I say:

The coil should be rewinded or The coil should be rewound?

I need an authoritative answer. Gracias.

Is this the kind of thing that keeps you up at night?

 

What should I say:

The coil should be rewinded or The coil should be rewound?

I need an authoritative answer. Gracias.

Most people I've spoken with say rewound, we live in the midwest though.

kv

Edit: Post tense could be considered as if it just got rewound, rewinded just seems strange.

 

Is this the kind of thing that keeps you up at night?

Well sp, had you to write a report related to a claim for more than 6 digits in USD, I am sure you would consider taking care of what you write. Methinks.

Thanks to all replying. Let us go with rewound then.

 

Well sp, had you to write a report related to a claim for more than 6 digits in USD, I am sure you would consider taking care of what you write. Methinks.

Thanks to all replying. Let us go with rewound then.

 

In Pittsburgh the phrase would be: "Needs rewound".

 

In Pittsburgh the phrase would be: "Needs rewound".

Or maybe, "needs wound"

I'll ask the neighbor, he works for Herr Voss Stampco. They slit and rewind the huge rolls of sheet metal for stamping plants.

 

Source: http://www.dictionary.com

rewound is preferred, rewinded is acceptable, but rarely used.

 

Or maybe, "needs wound"

I'll ask the neighbor, he works for Herr Voss Stampco. They slit and rewind the huge rolls of sheet metal for stamping plants.

Would those be "still" rolls?

 

Would those be "still" rolls?

yup, my error. Go Stillers.

 

yup, my error. Go Stillers.

Can you believe James Harrison going over to the enemy? I thought he would be a Stiller for life.

 

Can you believe James Harrison going over to the enemy? I thought he would be a Stiller for life.

Kind of dumb of the Sellers to let him go this late in the season.

 

Kind of dumb of the Sellers to let him go this late in the season.

They didn't have a choice from what I understand. And from what I heard from the team, it is good riddance to bad rubish. . Apparently he has not been a team player for some time now. Amazing since he is so talented.

 

They didn't have a choice from what I understand. And from what I heard from the team, it is good riddance to bad rubish. . Apparently he has not been a team player for some time now. Amazing since he is so talented.

Not being a team player is common for people who think they are better than everyone else.