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| − | The [[past tense]] of 'to '''learn'''' can, like that of 'to spell', be spelled in either of two ways - '''learnt''' and '''learned'''. However, as an [[adjective]] to mean 'scholarly', 'erudite', it must be '''learned''' - which is then pronounced with two syllables, learnèd. For this reason, it may be preferable to use learnt for the usual spelling of the past tense. | + | The [[past tense]] of 'to '''learn'''' can, like that of 'to spell', be spelled in either of two ways - '''learnt''' and '''learned'''. However, as an [[adjective]] to mean 'scholarly', 'erudite', it must be '''learned''' - which is then pronounced with two syllables, learnèd. (Some writers mark this pronunciation by writing the word with an accent on the second '-e-'.) For this reason, it may be preferable to use learnt for the usual spelling of the past tense. |
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Revision as of 11:24, 18 April 2007
The past tense of 'to learn' can, like that of 'to spell', be spelled in either of two ways - learnt and learned. However, as an adjective to mean 'scholarly', 'erudite', it must be learned - which is then pronounced with two syllables, learnèd. (Some writers mark this pronunciation by writing the word with an accent on the second '-e-'.) For this reason, it may be preferable to use learnt for the usual spelling of the past tense.
