regular verb
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But strew, I incline to think, is properly a regular verb only, though Wells and Worcester give it otherwise: if strewn has ever been proper, it seems now to be obsolete.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
A regular verb is a verb that forms the preterit and the perfect participle by assuming d or ed.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
When derived from a regular verb, it ends in ed, and corresponds with the imperfect tense; as, ruled, smiled: "The letter is written."
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
All the other forms follow the inflection of the regular verb.
From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James
A regular verb is a verb that forms the preterit and the perfect participle by assuming d or ed.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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