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"learnings" is a perfectly cromulent word: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=learnings&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&di
by quarterto 12y ago
"learnings" is a perfectly cromulent word: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=learnings&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Clearnings%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=learnings&year...
- gadders 12y agoNope. You see an option for a plural here? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/learning http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/learning
- from_elsewhere 12y agoDictionaries ain't arbiters of the English language. And quite fortunately so, I should note.
- M2Ys4U 12y agoDictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. They can only tell you if something is a word, not whether something isn't a word.
- gadders 12y agoWell certainly there is no law against using made-up words. If that's what you want to do, have at it. At least it will help people get their buzzword bingo cards filled up sooner.
- not_kurt_godel 12y agohttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=learnings&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Clearnings%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=learnings&year...
- mcguire 12y agoIf you are Sacha Baron Cohen, yes.
- quarterto 12y agoUse of this word predates Sacha Baron Cohen's entire existence.