What is an irregular verb?

Definition
	An irregular verb is a verb which does not conform to an expected inflectional pattern.

Discussion
	The adjective irregular can be applied to members of other word classes besides verbs.

Generic
	An irregular verb is a kind of
	What is a verb? (Linguistics)

Sources
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 119
	Mish 1991 640
	Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985 103
	Crystal 1980 164

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Concept module: irregular verb
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