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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Irregular verbs
I am writing this message because I have an inquiry. You see, I am currently writing a book on conjugation of irregular verbs. But I have a problem. There are some verbs which do not take the continuous form such as to mean, to know. There are other verbs which can't be conjugated in the third person (it) because they tend to have human feature like to think, to speak. I do not know what to do with these verbs. Shall I mention that they do not take 'ing' for example, or they can not be conjugated using (it)? Other verbs are mostly used in the passive form like 'to strew.' Anyway here is the list of verbs which I have problem with:
to backbite, to backside, to be, to befall, to bereave, to beseech, to beset, to bet, to bethink, to bid, to bless, to browbeat, to bust, to chide, to choose, to clap, to cleave, to colorbreed, to cost, to countershink, to crossbreed, to dare, to daydream, to disprove, to dream, to dwell, to enwind, to feel, to fling, to floodlight, to forbear, to forbid, to forecast, to gainsay, to gild, to gird, to hagride, to hamstring, to handwrite, to ken, to kneel, to know, to lade, to mean, to melt, to offset, to plead, to quit, to see, to sew, to share, to shear, to shoe, to shrive, to sightread, to slay, to slit, to smell, to sow, to speak, to spell, to spend, to spring, to stink, to strew, to string, to sublet, to swear, to sweat, to telecast, to tell, to think, to thrust, to tread, to troubleshoot, to typecast, to typeset, to understand, to waylay, to wed, to wet.
I am in need of your advice. Thank you very much in advance.
to backbite, to backside, to be, to befall, to bereave, to beseech, to beset, to bet, to bethink, to bid, to bless, to browbeat, to bust, to chide, to choose, to clap, to cleave, to colorbreed, to cost, to countershink, to crossbreed, to dare, to daydream, to disprove, to dream, to dwell, to enwind, to feel, to fling, to floodlight, to forbear, to forbid, to forecast, to gainsay, to gild, to gird, to hagride, to hamstring, to handwrite, to ken, to kneel, to know, to lade, to mean, to melt, to offset, to plead, to quit, to see, to sew, to share, to shear, to shoe, to shrive, to sightread, to slay, to slit, to smell, to sow, to speak, to spell, to spend, to spring, to stink, to strew, to string, to sublet, to swear, to sweat, to telecast, to tell, to think, to thrust, to tread, to troubleshoot, to typecast, to typeset, to understand, to waylay, to wed, to wet.
I am in need of your advice. Thank you very much in advance.
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There are some verbs which do not take the continuous form such as to mean, to know. There are other verbs which can't be conjugated in the third person (it) because they tend to have human feature like to think, to speak. -- No; such verbs can sometimes be cast into a durative form, and all verbs have some subjects they will not be used with.
- There are some verbs which do not take the continuous form such as to mean, to know.
- There are other verbs which can't be conjugated in the third person (it) because they tend to have human feature like to think, to speak.
- -- No; such verbs can sometimes be cast into a durative form, and all verbs have some subjects they will not be used with.
- '-- No, 'strew', if common at all, is also common as an active verb.
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There are some verbs which do not take the continuous form such as to mean, to know. There are other verbs which can't be conjugated in the third person (it) because they tend to have human feature like to think, to speak. Shall I mention that they do not take 'ing' for example, or they can not be conjugated using (it)?-- No; such verbs can sometimes be cast into a durative form, and all verbs
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