LIST OF STRONG VERBS

With two forms, Preterite and Past Participle generally alike, but sometimes Present and Participle alike, sometimes

Form their Preterite and Past Participle by adding & or

the Present, changing y into i when a consonant precedes the y, and doubling the last consonant if the accent falls on the last syllable, and the consonant is single and not preceded by a vowel; as

1. Many Verbs ending in d seem to belong to the weak formation, but to have contracted the Past Tense and Participle into t or d, and sometimes also to have shortened the vowel of the present, giving an appearance of strong formation.

2.-In like manner we may account for Verbs ending in t, which have the three forms alike, only shortening a long vowel or diphthong in the Preterite and Participle.

3.-Verbs ending in p change ed into t, as it is impossible to

sound ed in one syllable after p.

4. Several other Verbs contract ed into t or d in the prete

The commonest Verbs are in most languages the most ir

regular.

O. CULL, PRINTER, HOUGHTON STREET, STRAND.