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To: mc who wrote (104)	1/2/1998 2:48:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke	Respond to of 4710

Gary: This is just a guess: I think Fowler is right. The verb is work, and wrought is an archaic form which is disappearing. There are some sentences where either works (pun): "When they were sufficiently _____________up." You can use either worked or wrought there. But Fowler states that overwrought does not mean the same as overworked, and that wrought remains unchallenged in wrought-iron. I would add, also in that expression we have all quoted: "What hath God wrought." I think the past tense and participle of wreak is wreaked, but that these forms may be used interchangeably with wrought with little change in meaning. "The army wreaked/wrought/worked havoc upon the fortress." Jack