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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Dictionary

Sir,


I have an Oxford dictionary .

This dictionary provide all verb forms for some verbs e,g(runs.ran,run) but for others it does
not provide like the verb "open". Why so? Is this same for all dictionary as it says .


Thanks
  

Top answer

The reason is that the verb “to run” is an irregular verb and the verb “to open” is a regular one. All the regular verbs have one and the same pattern of formation of their second and third forms; there is a general rule and all you have to do is just to follow it. There is no need to list all their forms in a dictionary.

— An attempt

  • The reason is that the verb “to run” is an irregular verb and the verb “to open” is a regular one.
  • All the regular verbs have one and the same pattern of formation of their second and third forms; there is a general rule and all you have to do is just to follow it.
  • There is no need to list all their forms in a dictionary.
  • But with irregular verbs, it is different: they are exceptions from the rule and if their forms were not specified in a dictionary, you wouldn’t have known how to use them correctly.
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The reason is that the verb “to run” is an irregular verb and the verb “to open” is a regular one. All the regular verbs have one and the same pattern of formation of their second and third forms; there is a general rule and all you have to do is just to follow it. There is no need to list all their forms in a dictionary.
But with irregular verbs, it is different: they are exceptions from t
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