2006-09-23 04:49:12 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Both is correct. I am a linguistic specialist and know that it ought to be used in the following ways:
LEARN is the present tense, and the conjugated form of the verb "to learn".
It can be converted to the past tense in the following ways:
I LEARNED lots of things along the way. The main verb is "learned".
LEARNT is the "past participle" in the following sentences. (Past participles are used in conjunction with other verbs).
I have learnt not to be prejudiced towards Americans or people of other nationalities. (creziauk!)
I had learnt my lesson on peer pressure, the hard way.
2006-09-23 05:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 19⤊ 4⤋
Learned Vs Learnt
2016-12-12 04:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Learnt is the correct past tense for learn. Although many people now use learned. I think its a case of when you went to school, the correct english usage is learnt, americans say learned and this has been absorbed in to our language use.
2006-09-23 05:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
The best answer is the guy, madchriscross & Taivo, who said there are many idiots on here giving answers to questions they don't understand. Yohan had it right Commonwealth use learnt, Am. use learned Got it ? Good
2016-01-09 23:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by michael 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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It's both learnt and learned. I think learned is more preferred. Eg- You also have the word authoress in reality, but 'author' term is much more preferred even for female writers. So, similarly, I think your teacher finds learned more preferable .
2016-03-27 05:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
learnt and learned are acceptable. americans tend not to use learnt (some have even gone as far as to tell me i'm wrong using it). it's probably used by people who learn english as a second language too, as they're generally taught british english. i'm not sure whether or not australians use it
2006-09-23 09:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
In Europe, English writers often use learnt, but in the states, learned is correct.
2006-09-23 04:50:51 · answer #7 · answered by Katyana 4 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Boy oh boy there are a lot of dummys out there when it comes to grammar. Learned and learnt and not the same tense. Learned is the past tense and learnt is the past participle. You people like to make too much about the differences between American and English English; get over it!
2006-09-23 06:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
Both are accepted.
My German-English dictionary says: learnt, learned(Am)
means the Europeans use "learnt", the Americans "learned"
Thats correct, is it not?
2006-09-23 05:00:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Either is correct. Learnt is used in the UK and Canada.
2006-09-24 00:20:43 · answer #10 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋