- Are there any pairs of words like beloved belovèd, learned . . .
learned learnèd where there's an accent grave on the 'e' of the last syllable of one of each pair of word One thing I've always thought is that, strictly interpreted, beloved can really only be used as an adjective; if one wants to refer to the noun, as in my beloved , it should properly spelt as belovèd
- american english - When do you use “learnt” and when “learned . . .
Merriam-Webster marks learnt as "chiefly British", and Wiktionary as "UK", adding that learned is the "Standard US English spelling" Quoting a linguist's comment from elsewhere, [The Corpus of Historical American English] shows that learned has always been more common than learnt in American English At least, since 1810
- 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" ) –
- Can there be a difference between learned and learnt?
Learned is not amongst these words but it seems revealing to me to know that the more popular spelling has always been learned, especially during the questioned period Given that this doesn't have a vowel shift either, I believe that learnt is just a misapplied orthrographic convention that gained some limited popularity
- So I have learned. - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- word choice - Learned of or Learned about? - English Language . . .
So if I learn about the meteor shower tonight, I might only know that a meteor shower will happen tonight, or it could be that I have learned that it's the Orionid shower, and that the Orionids, like all meteors, are composed of debris particles which have been dispersed from Halley's Comet, and that Earth's path intersects with the comet's
- learned vs learnt - English - Urch Forums
"Definition of learned adjective (of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study: a learned, generous, and notoriously absent-minded man; showing, requiring, or characterized by learning; scholarly:an article in a learned journal; British used as a courteous description of a lawyer in certain formal contexts:my learned friend
- 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
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