This is the phenomenon in which an irregular form of a word replaces its regular counterpart in some forms or contexts. For example, "go" is irregular in the past tense form "went", which supplants the regular "-ed" suffix used for most verbs.
This is the phenomenon in which an irregular form of a word replaces its regular counterpart in some forms or contexts. For example, "go" is irregular in the past tense form "went", which supplants the regular "-ed" suffix used for most verbs.