2023-09-05 11:00:00
diverge, no diverge, is the proper form of the verb whose meaning is ‘to disagree’.
However, it is common that in some information the infinitive is used incorrectly or is conjugated inappropriately, perhaps by analogy with converge: «The tasks of the technician and the politician must converge and not diverge», «From that feat their paths would diverge» or «With this latest broadcast, the futures of the members of the program will diverge».
As pointed out by Panhispanic dictionary of doubts, diverge means ‘to disagree’ and, said of two lines or surfaces, ‘to move apart’. It belongs to the third conjugation, so it ends in -ir (diverge); so that, it is not apropiate ascribe it to the second conjugation and use the infinitive diverge nor the corresponding verb forms of it, such as we diverge, diverged, you would diverge o diverged (rather divergimos, I will diverge, you would diverge y divergid).
On the other hand, as a regular verb that it is, keep the root diverg- at all times. Thus, it is appropriate to say diverged, diverged, divergence…, and not diverged, they parted, would diverge, with two i.
Thus, in the initial examples, it would have been advisable to opt for “The tasks of the technician and the politician must converge and not diverge”, “From this feat their paths would diverge” and “With this latest broadcast, the futures of the members of the program will diverge.
It is also remembered that this verb is usually accompanied by a complement preceded by the preposition of, and not for con: diverge from someoneno diverge with someone.
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