1343: Importance of Non-Regular Verbs Aug 15, 2018

Of the top 10 most commonly used verbs, all of them are either irregular or strong verbs. Some of the ones on this list:
be; have; do; say; get; make; go; know; take; see; come; think
have been discussed here before, but notably 'have', 'make', and some others only became strong later, going from 'haved' and 'maked' becoming 'made' and 'had' respectively. The regularity of regular verbs requires less memorization and allows for easier adoption from other languages, but strong verbs that are used often enough for the forms to be simplified and reinforced are some of the most constant and reliable verbs in English.

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