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(For Americans, mostly) The past tense ending -t becoming -ed: are there some exceptions?

So while I say "dreamt", others say "dreamed". I turned a few other words in my head, and thought "Surely they can't have a -ed ending?" For example, "built". In AmE, I don't think it's "builded"- it's "built". Can you name some other exceptions?
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cassie-1-2-3 said:
The only exceptions are with irregular verbs.
I think this is a complete list of all irregular verbs in AmE
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The exception doesn't apply to ALL irregular verbs, though.
For example, Zinc, saw (wood) and Thrive. Those are still conjugated to zinced, sawed, and thrived.
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Thanks cassie, the list is really useful :)
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wildcannabis said:
I think almost all past tense endings are -ed and you just have to memorize which ones have -t.
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