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A few verbs are regular in their spoken forms, but have irregular spelling. The irregular weak verbs (being in normal use) can consequently be grouped as follows: Verbs with vowel shortening: creep, flee, hear, keep, leap, shoe (when shod is used), sleep, sweep and weep. (Of these, creep, flee, leap, sleep and weep derive from verbs that were ...
shrink – shrank/shrunk – shrunk/shrunken overshrink – overshrank/overshrunk – overshrunk/overshrunken: Strong, class 3: Shrunken is mostly used adjectivally: shut – shut – shut reshut – reshut – reshut: Weak, class 1: With coalescence of dentals shave – shaved – shaved/shaven: Strong, class 6
In the WordGirl episode entitled "Shrinkin' in the Ray", Dr. Too-Brains uses a shrink ray to shrink cheese and shrunk Scoops and WordGirl. In The Electric Company episode "Shrink, Shrank, Shrunk", Manny uses a "shrinkinator" to shrink the water bottle and the car but accidentally shrinks Jessica, Marcus, and himself instead. In the end, they ...
In the names of counties of the British Isles, the word county comes before the name e.g. County Limerick (Ireland) or is simply absent, e.g. Glamorgan (Wales) or Kent (England), whereas in the U.S., it comes after the name, e.g. Washington County. Only for County Durham among the English counties does the word County come before the name. In ...
Clipping differs from abbreviation, which is based on a shortening of the written, rather than the spoken, form of an existing word or phrase. Clipping is also different from back-formation , which proceeds by (pseudo-) morpheme rather than segment, and where the new word may differ in sense and word class from its source.
English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language.This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – forms of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to ...
Shrink (film), independent drama film starring Kevin Spacey. Shrink, also known as Experiment 001, a fictional genetic experiment from the Lilo & Stitch franchise. Shrink (Slade), sixth book in the Special X series by Michael Slade, also known as Primal Scream. Shrink (TV series), an American comedy series. Shrinks (TV series), a 1991 British ...
English fling does not go back to Old English, and may be a loan-word from Norse. It seems to have adopted class 3 forms by analogy with cling etc. Similarly, ring and string were historically weak. The verb ding (in the meaning of to hit) was in this class as well, but is now usually treated as a weak verb. Class 3b has shrunk to only four ...