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Regular and Irregular verbs |
| Answer» <p>A regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose conjugation follows a different pattern is called an irregular verb</p> <p>Aregular verbis anyverbwhoseconjugationfollows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose conjugation follows a different pattern is called anirregular verb. (This is one instance of the distinction betweenregular and irregular inflection, which can also apply to other word classes, such as nouns and adjectives...)</p><p>InEnglish, for example, verbs such asplay,enter, andlikeare regular since they form their inflected parts by adding the typical endings-s,-ingand-edto give forms such asplays,entering, andliked. On the other hand, verbs such asdrink,hitandhaveare irregular since some of their parts are not made according to the typical pattern:drankanddrunk(not "drinked");hit(aspast tenseandpast participle, not "hitted") andhasandhad(not "haves" and "haved").</p><p>The classification of verbs as regular or irregular is to some extent a subjective matter. If some conjugationalparadigmin a language is followed by a limited number of verbs, or it requires the specification of more than oneprincipal part(as with theGerman strong verbs), views may differ as to whether the verbs in question should be considered irregular. Most inflectional irregularities arise as a result of series of fairly uniform historical changes so forms that appear to be irregular from asynchronic(contemporary) point of view may be seen as following more regular patterns when the verbs are analyzed from a diachronic (historical linguistic) viewpoint</p> | |