viriato
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Hello,
I personally think, that learning irregular verbs is the more difficult thing to a beginner.
it is most like a medieval method of torture for the memory.
I found more than 90 "irregular/regular" verbs which have more than one past or participle form.
Could please, someone explain me, why have them both forms; an irregular and another regular?
Should they be considered irregular or regular verbs or both?
If this is an attempt to makes regular all of them, I completely agree on it. :-D
Here the list:
bereave - bereaved/bereft - bereaved/bereft
beseech - besought/beseeched - besought/beseeched
bestrew - bestrewed - bestrewn/bestrewed
alight - alighted/alit - alighted/alit
bet - bet/betted - bet/betted
broadcast - broadcast/broadcasted - broadcast/broadcasted
burn - burned/burnt - burned/burnt
bust - busted/bust - busted/bust
chide - chided/chid - chided/chidden
clothe - clothed/clad - clothed/clad
daydream - daydreamed/daydreamt - daydreamed/daydreamt
dight - dighted/dight - dighted/dight
disprove - disproved - disproved/disproven
dwell - dwelt/dwelled - dwelt/dwelled
fit - fitted/fit - fitted/fit
foreshow - foreshowed - foreshown/foreshowed
gild - gilded/gilt - gilded/gilt
hang (kill by hanging) - hanged/hung - hanged/hung
heave - heaved/hove - heaved/hove
hew - hewed - hewn/hewed
input - input/inputted - input/inputted
interweave - interwove/interweaved - interwoven/interweaved
inweave - inwove/inweaved - inwoven/inweaved
kneel - knelt/kneeled - knelt/kneeled
knit - knitted/knit - knitted/knit
lade - laded - laden/laded
lean - leaned/leant - leaned/leant
leap - leaped/leapt - leaped/leapt
learn - learned/learnt - learned/learnt
light - lit/lighted - lit/lighted
mislearn - mislearned/mislearnt - mislearned/mislearnt
misspell - misspelled/misspelt - misspelled/misspelt
miswed - miswed/miswedded - miswed/miswedded
mow - mowed - mowed/mown
outleap - outleaped/outleapt - outleaped/outleapt
output - output/outputted - output/outputted
outshine - outshined/outshone - outshined/outshone
outsmell - outsmelled/outsmelt - outsmelled/outsmelt
overleap - overleaped/overleapt - overleaped/overleapt
oversew - oversewed - oversewn/oversewed
oversow - oversowed - oversown/oversowed
overspill - overspilled/overspilt - overspilled/overspilt
overstrew - overstrewed - overstrewn/overstrewed
plead - pleaded/pled - pleaded/pled
prove - proved - proven/proved
quit - quit/quitted - quit/quitted
rebroadcast - rebroadcast/rebroadcasted - rebroadcast/rebroadcasted
refit - refitted/refit - refitted/refit
reknit - reknitted/reknit - reknitted/reknit
relearn - relearned/relearnt - relearned/relearnt
relight - relit/relighted - relit/relighted
resew - resewed - resewn/resewed
retrofit - retrofitted/retrofit - retrofitted/retrofit
rewake - rewoke/rewaked - rewaken/rewaked
reweave - rewove/reweaved - rewoven/reweaved
rewed - rewed/rewedded - rewed/rewedded
rewet - rewet/rewetted - rewet/rewetted
rive - rived - riven/rived
saw - sawed - sawed/sawn
self-sow - self-sowed - self-sown/self-sowed
sew - sewed - sewn/sewed
shave - shaved - shaved/shaven
shear - sheared - sheared/shorn
shine - shined/shone - shined/shone
shit - shit/shat/shitted - shit/shat/shitted
shoe - shoed/shod - shoed/shod
show - showed - shown/showed
slay (kill) - slew/slayed - slain/slayed
slink - slinked/slunk - slinked/slunk
smell - smelled/smelt - smelled/smelt
sow - sowed - sown/sowed
speed - sped/speeded - sped/speeded
spell - spelled/spelt - spelled/spelt
spill - spilled/spilt - spilled/spilt
spoil - spoiled/spoilt - spoiled/spoilt
stave - staved/stove - staved/stove
strew - strewed - strewn/strewed
strip - stripped/stript - stripped/stript
strive - strove/strived - striven/strived
sunburn - sunburned/sunburnt - sunburned/sunburnt
swell - swelled - swollen/swelled
thrive - thrived/throve - thrived/thriven
unclothe - unclothed/unclad - unclothed/unclad
unknit - unknitted/unknit - unknitted/unknit
unlade - unladed - unladen/unladed
unlearn - unlearned/unlearnt - unlearned/unlearnt
unreeve - unreeved/unrove - unreeved/unrove
unsew - unsewed - unsewn/unsewed
unweave - unwove/unweaved - unwoven/unweaved
wake - woke/waked - woken/waked
weave - wove/weaved - woven/weaved
wed - wed/wedded - wed/wedded
wet - wet/wetted - wet/wetted
I personally think, that learning irregular verbs is the more difficult thing to a beginner.
it is most like a medieval method of torture for the memory.
I found more than 90 "irregular/regular" verbs which have more than one past or participle form.
Could please, someone explain me, why have them both forms; an irregular and another regular?
Should they be considered irregular or regular verbs or both?
If this is an attempt to makes regular all of them, I completely agree on it. :-D
Here the list:
bereave - bereaved/bereft - bereaved/bereft
beseech - besought/beseeched - besought/beseeched
bestrew - bestrewed - bestrewn/bestrewed
alight - alighted/alit - alighted/alit
bet - bet/betted - bet/betted
broadcast - broadcast/broadcasted - broadcast/broadcasted
burn - burned/burnt - burned/burnt
bust - busted/bust - busted/bust
chide - chided/chid - chided/chidden
clothe - clothed/clad - clothed/clad
daydream - daydreamed/daydreamt - daydreamed/daydreamt
dight - dighted/dight - dighted/dight
disprove - disproved - disproved/disproven
dwell - dwelt/dwelled - dwelt/dwelled
fit - fitted/fit - fitted/fit
foreshow - foreshowed - foreshown/foreshowed
gild - gilded/gilt - gilded/gilt
hang (kill by hanging) - hanged/hung - hanged/hung
heave - heaved/hove - heaved/hove
hew - hewed - hewn/hewed
input - input/inputted - input/inputted
interweave - interwove/interweaved - interwoven/interweaved
inweave - inwove/inweaved - inwoven/inweaved
kneel - knelt/kneeled - knelt/kneeled
knit - knitted/knit - knitted/knit
lade - laded - laden/laded
lean - leaned/leant - leaned/leant
leap - leaped/leapt - leaped/leapt
learn - learned/learnt - learned/learnt
light - lit/lighted - lit/lighted
mislearn - mislearned/mislearnt - mislearned/mislearnt
misspell - misspelled/misspelt - misspelled/misspelt
miswed - miswed/miswedded - miswed/miswedded
mow - mowed - mowed/mown
outleap - outleaped/outleapt - outleaped/outleapt
output - output/outputted - output/outputted
outshine - outshined/outshone - outshined/outshone
outsmell - outsmelled/outsmelt - outsmelled/outsmelt
overleap - overleaped/overleapt - overleaped/overleapt
oversew - oversewed - oversewn/oversewed
oversow - oversowed - oversown/oversowed
overspill - overspilled/overspilt - overspilled/overspilt
overstrew - overstrewed - overstrewn/overstrewed
plead - pleaded/pled - pleaded/pled
prove - proved - proven/proved
quit - quit/quitted - quit/quitted
rebroadcast - rebroadcast/rebroadcasted - rebroadcast/rebroadcasted
refit - refitted/refit - refitted/refit
reknit - reknitted/reknit - reknitted/reknit
relearn - relearned/relearnt - relearned/relearnt
relight - relit/relighted - relit/relighted
resew - resewed - resewn/resewed
retrofit - retrofitted/retrofit - retrofitted/retrofit
rewake - rewoke/rewaked - rewaken/rewaked
reweave - rewove/reweaved - rewoven/reweaved
rewed - rewed/rewedded - rewed/rewedded
rewet - rewet/rewetted - rewet/rewetted
rive - rived - riven/rived
saw - sawed - sawed/sawn
self-sow - self-sowed - self-sown/self-sowed
sew - sewed - sewn/sewed
shave - shaved - shaved/shaven
shear - sheared - sheared/shorn
shine - shined/shone - shined/shone
shit - shit/shat/shitted - shit/shat/shitted
shoe - shoed/shod - shoed/shod
show - showed - shown/showed
slay (kill) - slew/slayed - slain/slayed
slink - slinked/slunk - slinked/slunk
smell - smelled/smelt - smelled/smelt
sow - sowed - sown/sowed
speed - sped/speeded - sped/speeded
spell - spelled/spelt - spelled/spelt
spill - spilled/spilt - spilled/spilt
spoil - spoiled/spoilt - spoiled/spoilt
stave - staved/stove - staved/stove
strew - strewed - strewn/strewed
strip - stripped/stript - stripped/stript
strive - strove/strived - striven/strived
sunburn - sunburned/sunburnt - sunburned/sunburnt
swell - swelled - swollen/swelled
thrive - thrived/throve - thrived/thriven
unclothe - unclothed/unclad - unclothed/unclad
unknit - unknitted/unknit - unknitted/unknit
unlade - unladed - unladen/unladed
unlearn - unlearned/unlearnt - unlearned/unlearnt
unreeve - unreeved/unrove - unreeved/unrove
unsew - unsewed - unsewn/unsewed
unweave - unwove/unweaved - unwoven/unweaved
wake - woke/waked - woken/waked
weave - wove/weaved - woven/weaved
wed - wed/wedded - wed/wedded
wet - wet/wetted - wet/wetted
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