Lessons "learned" or “learnt”?

[MeGustaXL]

That's it, really. Discuss.

 

[genomon]

I can't find anything anywhere to confirm "learnt" is proper grammar.

Cogito eggo sum – I think, therefore I am a waffle.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

I'd guess it depends largely on the country in which the speaker is speaking.

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[MeGustaXL]

Ich bin ein Englander.

If that helps.

Chris

So you ride yourselves over the fields,
and you make all your animal deals,
and your wise men don't know how it feels...

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[Stella740pl]

Lessons "learned" or “learnt”?

If I am not mistaken, it depends on where that particular lesson happened. If in UK, than it was learnt. If in USA, than it was learned.

genomon,
There are sources confirming both forms as coorect. See this one, for example:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/learnt

- it references Random House Dictionary, American Heritage dictionary, and a few more.

Oh, and this what I've just found:

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/learnt?view=uk

 

[Stella740pl]

Sorry, it should be "then it was learnt/learned".

 

[Annihilannic]

Words "spelled" or "spelt"?

Annihilannic.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Burnt" versus "burned"...

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[MeGustaXL]

From Dictionary.com:

learnt??/l?rnt/ [lurnt]

–verb
Active participle and past participle of learn.

learn?ed??/?l?rn?d for 1–3; l?rnd for 4/

–adjective
1. having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
2. connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, esp. of a scholarly nature: a learned journal.
3. of or showing learning or knowledge; well-informed: learned in the ways of the world.
4. acquired by experience, study, etc.: learned behavior.

 

[thekl0wn]

I have heard the term "learnt" used more than once'st or twice'st here in the Midwest.

 

[CajunCenturion]

For the verb "to learn", both "learnt" and "learned" are valid past participles. However, only "learned" may be used as an adjective.


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[Thargy]

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