Comments on: Irregular Verbs http://language4you.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/irregular-verbs/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Stoneman http://language4you.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/irregular-verbs/#comment-224 Mark Stoneman Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:56:04 +0000 http://language4you.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-224 The most commonly used words in German are also irregular. My sense is that this is also the case in French. It makes sense, since the common verbs are those that everyone uses, whereas the bigger, more academic words can have rules imposed on them by grammarians. The most commonly used words in German are also irregular. My sense is that this is also the case in French. It makes sense, since the common verbs are those that everyone uses, whereas the bigger, more academic words can have rules imposed on them by grammarians.

]]> By: silverseason http://language4you.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/irregular-verbs/#comment-223 silverseason Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:32:43 +0000 http://language4you.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-223 As a native speaker of American English I never struggled with irregular verbs because I just knew. Now I have a friend whose first language was Russian. Although fluent in English, she still struggles with deciding whether the verb she wants to use is regular or irregular. It appears what many commonly used verbs, those which come to us from early germanic roots, are most likely to be irregular. As anyone studied the matter? As a native speaker of American English I never struggled with irregular verbs because I just knew. Now I have a friend whose first language was Russian. Although fluent in English, she still struggles with deciding whether the verb she wants to use is regular or irregular. It appears what many commonly used verbs, those which come to us from early germanic roots, are most likely to be irregular. As anyone studied the matter?

]]> By: Gopal G. http://language4you.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/irregular-verbs/#comment-205 Gopal G. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:03:45 +0000 http://language4you.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-205 Very informative and educative for me. A treasure find indeed for some children in the neighborhood. Gopal G Very informative and educative for me. A treasure find indeed for some children in the neighborhood.

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