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Regular Expression to Change Verb to Past Tense
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past_tense.php
<?php
$verb = 'Suspend'; // becomes Suspended
$verb = 'Shape'; // becomes Shaped
$past = preg_replace('/(\w+?)e?\b/', '$1ed', $verb, 1);
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