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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 08:59 AM Original message |
Alright, grammar police....when should learnt be used... |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. When you're British n/t |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. ha-ha |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Grammatically speaking they're the same word |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Alright |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Other words that are "t'd" |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I didn't even know spoilt was a word! |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. DU's speller is |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. When in Britain |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks. I'd be interested to know what Canadians use |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I use mostly the British spellings |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thanks.... |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Learnt" should be used for a British audience |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this.. |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think that's because, as mentioned in another post, Southerners often still say it |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I sorta know what you mean |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Maybe you're thinkin' of "larnt" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. learned is an adjective, learnt is the past tense of the verb to learn |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. we use learnt around here quite often |
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