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THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE

PresentPreteritePerfect Participle
Bleedbledbled
Blowblowed (or blew)blowed (or blew)
Breakbrokenbroke
Bringbrought (or brung, or brang)brung
Broke (passive)brokebroke
Buildbuiltbuilt
Burnburnt [1]burnt
Burst [2]
Bustbustedbusted
Buybought (or boughten)bought (or boughten)
Cancouldcould'a
Catchcaught[3]caught
Choosechosechoose
Climbclumclum
Cling (to hold fast)clungclung
Cling (to ring)clangclang
Comecomecame
Creepcrep (or crope)crep
Crowcrewcrew
Cutcutcut
Daredareddared
Dealdoledealt
Digdugdug
Divedovedived
Dodonedone (or did)
Dragdrugdragged
Drawdrawed[4]drawed (or drew)
Dreamdreamptdreampt
Drinkdrank (or drunk)drank
Drivedrovedrove
Drowndrowndeddrownded
Eatet (or eat)ate
Fallfell (or fallen)fell
Feedfedfed
Feelfeltfelt
  1. Burned, with a distinct d-sound, is almost unknown in American. See p. 201.
  2. Not used.
  3. Cotched is heard only in the South, and mainly among the negroes. Catch, of course, is always pronounced ketch.
  4. But "I drew three jacks," in poker.
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