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- Are there any pairs of words like beloved belovèd, learned . . .
When I first read Romeo and Juliet in high school, I remember being intrigued by pairs of words such as, beloved belovèd and learned learnèd where there's an accent grave on the 'e' of the last
- american english - When do you use “learnt” and when “learned . . .
You can use both and both are correct Speakers in North America and Canada use learned while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to prefer learnt Learned (but not learnt) is also an adjective When said of a person, it means ‘ having a lot of knowledge because you have studied and read a lot`
- word choice - Learned of or Learned about? - English Language . . .
When would I use "learned of" versus "learned about" in a sentence? For example: The principal learned of the planned protest and suspended any students wearing the armbands or The principal
- Which is proper usage: What Ive Learned or What I learned?
What I learned today was that I like asparagus What I learned during the 2 week course was invaluable whereas "what I've learned" is more general, or at least refers to a longer time period, eg : What I've learned in life is to avoid poisonous snakes What I've learned at college is that kids don't like to learn
- etymology - If its incorrect to learn someone, then why is learned . . .
Learned is an adjective, and implies the past tense "He learned" is perfectly valid By using the word as an adjective "He is a learned man " It implies that He learned something at some point in the past Hence, the term: "a learned man" (The origin being something along the lines of: "a well-learned man" )
- So I have learned. - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
4 Yes, saying "So I have learned" (or, the more common "So I've learned"--thanks, Kate Bunting) is perfectly acceptable Thinking about what a person could infer from hearing someone say "So I've learned," I came to the conclusion that the person saying "So I've learned" is evincing a certain emotion that is hard to characterize
- What can be a single word for a valuable learning experience. ?
Also, for catchy phrase try " propitious projects " Propitious means likely to result in success, or showing signs of success It also means favorably disposed, or tending to favor The projects you did turned out to be propitious because you learned a lot from them
- A learned scholar and the pronunciation of learned
learned adjective fml US ˈlɜr·nɪd having or showing much knowledge: a learned scholar I was checking the word learned and the example sentence made me wonder if there is unlearned scholar professor? In addition to that, there are three pronunciations of the word learned lɜːnd lɜːnt ˈlɜː nɪd I have always heard lɜːnd
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