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181. Essential Grammar for Business English: Past Tense Regular Verbs Breakdown

Confident Business English

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The 80-20 Rule for Pronouncing the Past Tense Correctly

The Pareto rule, the 80-20 rule, which you can apply in really lots of different cases. We use 20% of our vocabulary 80% of the time. A lot of the things that we're using are things like the present tense, the past tense, and the future. Especially when we're at work. When you start a new job, you have to learn the ropes. And I'm pretty sure this comes from sailing.

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