wrong. In colloquial usage, we often hear statements such as walks to my girlfriend “I or walk like a house,” “he monkey.” Although most verb conjugations in English are relatively simple, some conjugations do not follow the expected pattern—these are known as verbs. irregular Consider the following present tense conjugation of the verb to be: Singular: Plural: First Person: I we am are Second Person: you you are are Third Person: he/she/it they is are Irregular verbs often cause confusion—especially when using the Most verbs past tense. are conjugated in the past tense by simply adding to the present-tense form of the -ed verb—walk becomes There are, however, notable exceptions to this conversion; walked. for example, and become and sing, speak, see sang, spoke, saw—not singed, speaked, and In some irregular verbs, the past-tense version is the same as the present tense; seed. a good example is the verb It would be inappropriate to say something like to hurt. “I hurted my leg when I fell yesterday.” Diction According to the the term least two general meanings: or OED, diction “choice selection of words and and style or manner of enunciation in speaking or phrases” “the The reference to in speaking or in the latter definition singing.” “enunciation singing” suggests a purely phonological phenomenon which would only exist in human language which is spoken or sung. The former definition, or selection of words and “choice however, is applicable to both spoken and written language. The renders OED phrases,”
wrong. In colloquial usage, we often hear statements such as “I walks to my girlfriend house,” or “he walk like a monkey.” Although most verb conjugations in English are relatively simple, some conjugations do not follow the expected pattern—these are known as irregular verbs. Consider the following present tense conjugation of the verb to be: Singular: Plural: First Person: I am we are Second Person: you are you are Third Person: he/she/it is they are Irregular verbs often cause confusion—especially when using the past tense. Most verbs are conjugated in the past tense by simply adding -ed to the present-tense form of the verb—walk becomes walked. There are, however, notable exceptions to this conversion; for example, sing, speak, and see become sang, spoke, and saw—not singed, speaked, and seed. In some irregular verbs, the past-tense version is the same as the present tense; a good example is the verb to hurt. It would be inappropriate to say something like “I hurted my leg when I fell yesterday.” Diction According to the OED, the term diction least two general meanings: “choice or selection of words and phrases” and “the style or manner of enunciation in speaking or singing.” The reference to “enunciation in speaking or singing” in the latter definition suggests a purely phonological phenomenon which would only exist in human language which is spoken or sung. The former definition, “choice or selection of words and phrases,” however, is applicable to both spoken and written language. The OED renders