Sharp PW-E560 Manuel De Fonctionnement page 46

tioned. Verbs
enated, but
The following forms are regarded as regular and are therefore not shown in the
emarks
dictionary:
• third person singular present forms adding - s to the stem (or -es to stems ending
mpound is
in -s , -x , -z , -sh , or soft -ch ), e.g. find → finds or change → changes
ed (to
• past tenses and past participles dropping a final silent e and adding -ed to the
ctives are
stem, e.g. change → changed or dance → danced
glass-
• present participles dropping a final silent e and adding -ing to the stem, e.g.
change → changing or dance → dancing
ted, but
Other forms are given in the dictionary, notably for:
n as one
it was a
• verbs which inflect by doubling a consonant, e.g. bat → batting, batted
ell ( food
• verbs ending in -y which inflect by changing -y to -i , e.g. try → tries, tried
voided.
• verbs in which past tense and past participle do not follow the regular -ed
pattern, e.g. feel → past and past participle felt; awake → past awoke; past
participle awoken
w
most nouns
• present participles which add -ing but retain a final e (in order to make clear that
st
the pronunciation of g remains soft), e.g. singe → singeing
Nouns
hort
Plurals formed by adding -s (or -es when they end in -s , -x , -z , -sh , or soft -ch ) are
ing,
regarded as regular and are not shown.
bring their
o are not
Other plural forms are given in the dictionary, notably for:
• nouns ending in -i or -o , e.g. agouti → agoutis; albino → albinos
The main
• nouns ending in -a , -um , or -us which are or appear to be Latinate forms, e.g.
alumna → alumnae; spectrum → spectra; alveolus → alveoli
• nouns ending in -y , e.g. fly → flies
• nouns with more than one plural form, e.g. storey → storeys or stories
• nouns with plurals showing a change in the stem, e.g. foot → feet
• nouns with plurals unchanged from the singular form, e.g. sheep → sheep
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