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Tallulah Tam  +  120644 Sat, 23 Jul 05 03:04 PM

Khoff, I have never been to Colorado.  I have heard it is very beautiful. We have friends in Boulder but in spite of many requests, we have not visited yet. We would love to ski in Vail and/or Aspen. Have you been?  We have been to The (fabulous) Grand Canyon in Arizona, (what a wonderful, wonderful sight)  and we have seen the Hoover Dam.

Thanks for all your tips I have printed them out, so hopefully things will run smoother for me now.
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If at first you don't succeed sky-diving is not for you.
Anonymous, 4 yr 20 days ago
Just a quick one based on the 'different from'/'different to' comment. I also think it's funny how we say in England that an alarm went off, when in fact it came on! What a funny language... Smile [:)]
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Anonymous, 4 yr 20 days ago

From the vocabulary:

verb learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt

I've learned a lot about computers since I started work here.
I only learnt about the accident later.
She soon learnt not to contradict him

 

both forms are correct, learnt most used in US

 

Silvia from Italy

Anonymous, 2 yr 271 days ago

LEARNT v. LEARNED

Well, I use the T version because the ED version would have two meanings. LEARNED means scholarly or is the past tense of learn. To avoid confusion I suggest using the traditional T version for past tense and the ED version when you mean to say someone has studied in-depthly. (In-depthly: not a word, but you know what I mean.)   Of course context will aid your reader.

Kai Glasgow

Anonymous, 1 yr 247 days ago
 The German thrid-person singular ends in -t.As you all may well be aware, German and English go well back, and the -t in learnt is surely a part of their common ancestry

Therefore:

He learnt <-> er lernt.

 

Yoong Liat  +  492284 Mon, 24 Mar 08 03:24 AM

AmE uses the form 'learned' as the past tense and past participle. BrE uses either 'learned' or 'learnt'.

(Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners)
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Anonymous, 1 yr 204 days ago

Learnt is the English/Australian form and learned is the American form!

MrPedantic  +  510210 Tue, 06 May 08 07:27 AM
Anonymous
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Learnt is the English/Australian form and learned is the American form!

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I think it would be truer to say that BrE uses either, as Yoong Liat says; except where the participle is used adjectivally (e.g. "burnt toast", "burnt finger").

Best wishes,

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Anonymous, 1 yr 134 days ago
its a bit bloody rich, an american telling us the english have lazily corrupted our langauge, learnt and learned have different meaning but americans tend to use just one for both meanings, also someone has commented saying that we use "different to" instead of "different from" which is a lie, i  hardly ever hear "different to" in this country at all
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