"Change the Y to I and add ED." Remember that one?
February 23rd 2010 I will say that you don't even begin to fully understand how ridiculous English can be until you try to teach and explain why we have so many rules and why so many exceptions to those rules.
I learned that rule - change the Y to I and add ED - early on in my education, but I don't ever recall asking why we do it that way. The secondary school students we teach in the evening wa
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