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Is decide a regular verb or irregular?

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Is decide a regular verb or irregular?

by mbrown10012 » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:33 pm
He decides to go home ( Subject = He, decides = singular?)

He couldn't decide whether to go home or play basketball. (subject = He, decide = plural?)

Please clarify, thanks


Any tips or tricks to know which words are normal versus irregular?
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by grockit_andrea » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:37 pm
mbrown10012 wrote:He decides to go home ( Subject = He, decides = singular?)

He couldn't decide whether to go home or play basketball. (subject = He, decide = plural?)

Please clarify, thanks


Any tips or tricks to know which words are normal versus irregular?
Decide is a regular verb. The verb in the second sentence above is actually "could," and anything following it would be in the infinitive form without "to," e.g., "couldn't run," couldn't read," "couldn't wait" etc.
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