English, like most Germanic languages, has many regular ("weak") verbs, like work, worked, worked (in standard dictionary format, listing present, past, and past participle), and a bewildering ...

The process beginned hundreds of years ago and bringed a huge change in our use of the language. Now researchers believe more of the irregular verbs that make English such a rich and varied experience ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from ...

A verb is an action word or a state of being. There are four major tenses in English – simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. This lesson suits intermediate learners. (Note: This is not a ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...