Re: "Evolution" making English irregular verbs regular

On Oct 11, 7:23 pm, cph <cph1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The irregular verbs, governed by confusing and antiquated rules, came
under evolutionary pressure to obey the modern "-ed" rule of regular
verb conjugation, according to a report today in the journal Nature.
[v. 449, 11 Oct 20007, p. 665]

Linguists have constructed elaborate "family trees" showing how
English has developed over time but have been unable to detect the
principle driving irregular verbs toward regularity.

Once again, _Nature_ publishes bull*** about language.

Why don't they have articles on language refereed by linguists?

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