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Default Re: Two- syllable verbs

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Originally Posted by JSmiley View Post
I believe that in a teaching context, especially for ESL, the effort required to remember all the damn rules like this is just as much or greater than remembering the words themselves!!! (And my ESL wife is agreeing with me as I type)
I was taught this rule in grammar school and still use it daily.
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