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单词 irregular verb
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Definition of irregular verb in English:

irregular verb

noun
Grammar
  • A verb that does not follow the normal pattern of inflection.

    there are some differences in irregular verbs between British and American English
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some irregular verbs also have regular forms: sew, sewed, sewn but also the regular sew, sewed, sewed.
    • At a certain age children use the regular past tense for irregular verbs: "I digged a hole."
    • A clue comes from the fact that irregular verbs are often the most frequently occurring verbs.
    • There is a comprehensive but compact explanation of grammar, including tables and irregular verbs.
    • Learning the many different conjugations of Spanish irregular verbs is possibly the most difficult part of learning Spanish for most students.
    • Many irregular verbs exhibit changes in the middle vowel for one or both of the last two principal parts (sing, sang, sung) and have an en inflection for the ed participle (speak, spoke, spoken).
    • Another wonderful aspect of Arabic is that it doesn't have irregular verbs, unlike, for example, French.
    • When she comes to me with questions about genitives and datives and irregular verbs, I feel useful again, the custodian of an ancient wisdom handed down from generation to generation.
    • Unlike regular verbs, irregular verbs (about 150 in all) do not have past forms which can be predicted:
    • In some ways, English is highly unsuited to its role; it has 200 irregular verbs, where Swahili, for example, has none.
 
 

Definition of irregular verb in US English:

irregular verb

noun
Grammar
  • A verb that does not follow the normal pattern of inflection.

    there are some differences in irregular verbs between British and American English
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Learning the many different conjugations of Spanish irregular verbs is possibly the most difficult part of learning Spanish for most students.
    • There is a comprehensive but compact explanation of grammar, including tables and irregular verbs.
    • Another wonderful aspect of Arabic is that it doesn't have irregular verbs, unlike, for example, French.
    • Many irregular verbs exhibit changes in the middle vowel for one or both of the last two principal parts (sing, sang, sung) and have an en inflection for the ed participle (speak, spoke, spoken).
    • When she comes to me with questions about genitives and datives and irregular verbs, I feel useful again, the custodian of an ancient wisdom handed down from generation to generation.
    • At a certain age children use the regular past tense for irregular verbs: "I digged a hole."
    • Some irregular verbs also have regular forms: sew, sewed, sewn but also the regular sew, sewed, sewed.
    • A clue comes from the fact that irregular verbs are often the most frequently occurring verbs.
    • In some ways, English is highly unsuited to its role; it has 200 irregular verbs, where Swahili, for example, has none.
    • Unlike regular verbs, irregular verbs (about 150 in all) do not have past forms which can be predicted:
 
 
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