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THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE
| Present | Preterite | Perfect Participle |
| Bleed | bled | bled |
| Blow | blowed (or blew) | blowed (or blew) |
| Break | broken | broke |
| Bring | brought (or brung, or brang) | brung |
| Broke (passive) | broke | broke |
| Build | built | built |
| Burn | burnt [1] | burnt |
| Burst [2] | ― | ― |
| Bust | busted | busted |
| Buy | bought (or boughten) | bought (or boughten) |
| Can | could | could'a |
| Catch | caught[3] | caught |
| Choose | chose | choose |
| Climb | clum | clum |
| Cling (to hold fast) | clung | clung |
| Cling (to ring) | clang | clang |
| Come | come | came |
| Creep | crep (or crope) | crep |
| Crow | crew | crew |
| Cut | cut | cut |
| Dare | dared | dared |
| Deal | dole | dealt |
| Dig | dug | dug |
| Dive | dove | dived |
| Do | done | done (or did) |
| Drag | drug | dragged |
| Draw | drawed[4] | drawed (or drew) |
| Dream | dreampt | dreampt |
| Drink | drank (or drunk) | drank |
| Drive | drove | drove |
| Drown | drownded | drownded |
| Eat | et (or eat) | ate |
| Fall | fell (or fallen) | fell |
| Feed | fed | fed |
| Feel | felt | felt |
