regular verb

A verb that forms its past tense and past participle by adding -d or -ed (or in some cases "t") to the base form. Opposite of irregular verb. See also: Forming the Past Tense of Regular Verbs.

Examples:

• "If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."
  (Alfred Nobel)



• "I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees."
  (Gilbert K. Chesterton)



• "I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born."
  (Charlie Chaplin)



• "For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."
  (Ernest Hemingway)



• "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
  (Samuel Beckett)



• "Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night."
  (Isaac Asimov)



• "If I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality."
  (Richard M. Nixon)



• "All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification."
  (Bruce Jackson)