Re: Confirmed Sources On Irregular Verbs

Originally Posted by
Raymott
There's also a very common word (marked vulgar in many dictionaries) that doesn't appear. The simple past of "--it" is "--at", not "--itted".
Also, where a regular version of the past tense is also used, it's sometimes not included along with the irregular past. I noticed the absence of slayed, weeped, and strived beside slew, wept and strove.
One of my favorites: An old-fashioned past tense of work that's still part of some expressions is wrought.
I'd just look at a few reference books. Some are better than others, but there's no such thing as a confirmed or verified reference.
I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.