odd verb forms

There are some oddities to note:

• shine is irregular when it refers to light but regular when it means 'polish'
• hang is regular when it means 'execute' but irregular in other senses
• run, become and come are slightly odd in having only one change but to the past form not the participle
• be and go have tense forms derived from different Old English verbs which accounts for went and was etc.
• verbs that have regular -ed ending and irregular -t endings (such as learn, dream, smell etc.) are more often used in the regular form in American than British English
• dive is regular in British English but irregular in American English (the past is dove)
• gotten is the Old English form of the past participle of get which American English has retained in certain senses