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Bring - brought - brought

English has a lot of irregular verbs.

All rules in English are void - sometimes.

It's "Seuss" not "Suess".

Just a friendly reminder.

It doesn't sound right, but I believe it's correct.
There are a lot of weird words out there.

That's the headline

Today Trump slinks; yesterday he slank; in the past he has slunk.

Thank you for that.

Parallel with drink, drank, drunk. Perfect.

You have, however, trumped my original post!

So slunk is right here.

I just love it

That is ridiculous!! Thanks so much for letting me know!

you never know when you might have to look up something...

Fiber helps.

CTYankee disagrees, btw. About "slank," not irregularity.

So full of rules, yet so prone to violate them, depending on who is speaking, and where.

I do wish, now, however, that I had included the "slank" option in my poll.

"President Trump Slank Away from NK Summit" has a nice ring to it, somehow.

It is so interesting how they will apply the rules unconsciously.

"I taked" kid is using rule, just doesn't know it is irregular. Kid is correct in a way.

Then they learn it is took and go on to use "tooken" as a participle not knowing it returns to regularity.

"I eated" He "drinked" and so on.

is a stumbling block to learning. However, there are irregular verbs in most languages I know. Many of them are part of the basic parts of the language, besides. Verbs for to be, to go, to have, etc., are irregular in many languages.

It's just that English has borrowed so many words from so many languages, that it's chock-full of really irregular verbs. And don't get me started on spelling/pronunciation. That's a nightmare for every English learner.

Still, every language has its own quirks.

Thanks for the time saver Broccoli. I laughed...

slinked is too dignified.

To paraphrase Seuss

Blink, Blank, Blunk.

English verbs are a disaster.

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