English, like most Germanic languages, has many regular ("weak") verbs, like work, worked, worked (in standard dictionary format, listing present, past, and past participle), and a bewildering ...

There is one verb that is irregular and weak in the past tense, but strong in the the non-progressive participle: do, did, done. A few verbs are strong in the past tense, but weak regular in the ...

The form of the verb that goes with “have,” the past participle, can trip up a lot of English-language users. June Casagrande shows us where to find the right word in the dictionary.

“Mr. Grinch! The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: Stink, stank, stunk!” This wonderful lesson in irregular verbs is from the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr ...

The evolution of the past tense - how verbs change over time Explore the evolutionary dynamics of language through verb changes seen from Old English to modern times. Discover the future of irregular ...

Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from evolving into "taked." ...