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An Introduction to Analogy in English
Analogy typically happens when some grammatical paradigm is crushed by sound changes. Something about in a particular word strikes it as being quite a lot like another so it gets drafted into a new verbal category. William: One of the strangest things about English is that for some reason people have started turning weak verbs into strong verbs. We get used to this pattern and then we start spreading it out, I think.