English Language Irregularities
Three distinctly different transformations from present to past-tense:
- Slide -> Slid
- Glide -> Glided
- Ride -> Rode
What the heck?
Bonus homework: figure out all the words that end in “-id”. It seems like a pretty finite number at first thought.
So far, I’ve come up with the following: id, slid, bid, hid, lid, arachnid, fetid. Any others?
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leahriffic answered:
intrepid
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barez answered:
splendid
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iwannabecait answered:
kid
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shalomolam answered:
rid, avid, rabid
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marcbowser answered:
android, splendid…the list really is long…(morewords.com/ends-wi…)
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notemily answered:
quid, lipid, tepid…
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magicwands answered:
intrepid, said, skid, candid, druid, vivid, rancid.
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