Why do some of us say ' Learn us' instead of 'Teach us'. The Teacher to the pupil 'I teach... you learn'.

Answer 1

Well, perhaps that's where the world is going. Nowadays teachers not only have to teach, but according to the government take over teaching values, respect, sex education, handling money & social skills. Perhaps they are now expected to do the learning for the students too?!? Hmmmm, interesting thought....

Answer 2

I find it quite ironic that the person above berates others for their poor usage of the English language yet their answer contains spelling mistakes!
You are quite right; the teacher teaches and (hopefully) the students learn.
I can lend you my pen; You have borrowed my pen.
I wish we were taught English grammar at school; I've only learnt (some of) the rules through learning other languages, for many people it's just hit and miss.

Answer 3

Read Kiri_D and ignore the others! People are just too lazy or ignorant to use the correct terms, this spreads as we all learn from conversational language.

Answer 4

Amazing! Those whose command of the English language can hardly be called perfect are the first to put others down! Yahoo answers isn't a place to comment on people who may not be as privilaged as others.


Thanks for the ten points, by the way.

Answer 5

Well I'm glad you asked, it shows you know the others are wrong and it should be commended. I saw a tv programme (bbc) recently where one of the characters asked someone to 'borrow her a pen'. Is it any wonder people grow up without any sense of vocabulary and grammer?

Answer 6

It is just bad grammar I suppose, I never could remember the difference between lending and borrowing

Answer 7

Me dad says, "When you LEARN somebody summut, you're REALLY teaching them."