Comments on: irregular verbs

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:05:48 +0000

I wrote a list with ALL the irregular verbs in English on my sis’ blog. See it: http://schoolandit.blogspot.com/2012/01/ce-sunt-dex-si-doom.html

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:02:47 +0000

Thanks! Very helpful.

By: Rachel V.

Rachel V. — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:54 +0000

“Have come” is the past participle, not the past. Irregular verbs are conjugated differently in the past and past participle. So, no, “have came” is not correct.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:25:27 +0000

Someone I know recently wrote something I am not too sure about. He wrote “Have your wishes came true?” Now, since it is past tense, Is the word came or come used?

By: venkat

venkat — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:54:02 +0000

So which is correct? Please advise me

I saw the accident as it happened.

I have seen the accident as it was happening

By: Rachel V.

Rachel V. — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:28:41 +0000

Joanne, thank you for directing this to my attention. I wrote these examples several years ago, and that incorrect verb usage must have been an oversight that no one brought to my attention before now. I will correct it.

By: Joanne Hornsby

Joanne Hornsby — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:26:51 +0000

I might be wrong about this, but “I have seen the accident as it was happening” given as correct in the irregular verb examples jarred my senses. I think the only correct way to express this thought in correct English is “I saw the accident as it happened.” Other views?

By: israel

israel — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:28:02 +0000

GREAT…

By: Rachel V.

Rachel V. — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:18:23 +0000

K: Thanks for the suggestion. This is an interesting one.

By: K. Garner

K. Garner — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:25:55 +0000

Have you included a comment on the negative with “used”? Too often this appears as “I didn’t use” or “I didn’t used”.
“Used” appears in one verb form only. There is no past participle of “used” in the sense of “I had the habit of”. The verb exists only in the past tense and is not directly connected with the verb “to use”. Thus the correct negative form is “I used not”.