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Originally posted by echosystm I'm in denial that there can be more than one form of correct English

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Originally posted by inconspicuous 'form' is singular edit: bah, somebody already got it

I spent 3 months of my life memorizing grammar rules for the GMATs. Cut me some slack

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Originally posted by Beat Blog "Learned" = An adjective to described a well educated person. "The professor is well learned in the subject of grammar". "Learnt" = A verb to describe learning a certain fact in the past "He learnt that his grammar was incorrect". However, a little research reveals that, in American English, "learned" is in fact correct to use in both cases. http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexpe...spelling/learnt Just another example of America changing the rules of the English language to suit themselves. It's ironic, some of you Americans in this thread are sticklers for spelling and/or grammar, yet the butcherig of the English language is completely and utterly ingrained in your whole country! There's probably a whole lot of words you spell incorrectly (anywhere but America anyway) that you don't even know about...

I see what you are saying, but I am American and I teach ESL in Australia using a British book and 'learned / learnt' are both taught for the past of learn.

Interesting that someone being such a stickler about Americans and how we 'butcher' the English language and complaining about usuage, blah blah has a grammar error in your post.

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Last edited by klingklang77 on Aug-24-2007 at 15:14

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Originally posted by klingklang77 is taught as both being the past of learn.

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I know. It's late, I have been drinking. Forgive me.

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I went to the grocery store to get some stuff today (unrelated: the cereal aisle is like saturday morning programming now. I have no idea wtf any of this stuff is), and on my way out, I overheard this exchange between one of the kids who works there & a manager:

"Hey, are these new carts?"
"Yes."
"Oh. I thought we just had a bunch of carts that I didn't know where they were."

This 'I don't know how to use prepositions, so I'm just going to add a new sentence to this sentence' fad is getting bigger & bigger. l2englash plz.

I thought this thread was about this guy:

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Originally posted by UWM This bump does not get results.

perhaps. a necessary addition, though.