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"Things we learned"
by seanhandley 12y ago
"Things we learned"
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- darrhiggs 12y agoIt seems[0] as though in british english (.gov.uk) learnt is acceptable. [0] http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/5331-Ues-of-Learned-vs-Learnt http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/5331-Ues-of-Learne...
- seanhandley 12y ago"Learnt" and "learned" are both acceptable spellings. The issue is that the former is an adjective and the latter is a verb (past-tense). See my comment.
- threedaymonk 12y agoThere is no issue. Both learned and learnt are acceptable and attested for the verb, pace the OED: learn, v. Forms: Pa. tense and pple. learned /lɜːnd/ , learnt /lɜːnt/ .
- kszx 12y agohttp://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=learned%2C%20learnt http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=learned%2C%20learnt
- seanhandley 12y ago"Learnt" and "learned" are both acceptable spellings. The issue is that the former is an adjective and the latter is a verb (past-tense). See my comment.
- seanhandley 12y ago"Things we learned". When you say "learnt", it's when used as an adjective (a describing word). For instance "My knowledge of grammar is learnt". When you're using it as a verb (a doing word), it's "learned" i.e. "Today, I learned something". Today you learned about "learned", hopefully that's your lesson "learnt".
- seanhandley 12y agoThis is especially important because we also have the adjective "learned" e.g. "the scholar was widely regarded as a wise and learned individual".
- joelanman 12y agoInteresting - do you have a source for that?
- fallingbadgers 12y agoAccording to the sources I can find "learnt" is the English and "learned" the American version http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/learned_learnt.htm http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/learned_learn...