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The Etymology and Syntax of the English Language Explained and Illustrated

Note 94 — Chapter VI · OF THE PARTICIPLE.

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Priestley has rejected rid, and Murray ridden, as the participle, while Johnson makes rid the preterite of ride. As rid is the present and preterite of another verb, it would, perhaps, be better to dismiss it entirely from the verb to ride, and conjugate, with Priestley, ride, rode, ridden.

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