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[QUOTE=TJCoro;131822] Right! If only you had "learnt" how to spell "LEARNED!"
TJCoro,
I have done a little more digging on this subject, and actually we're both right. In British English, the verb 'to learn' is treated as irregular, and such has the irregular past participle 'learnt'. In American English, the verb is treated as a regular verb, and forms its past tense in the normal way with an 'ed' suffix, i.e. 'learned'. Both conventions are correct, with 'learnt' being the most popular spelling in Great Britain - which is why I spelt (or should that be spelled...) it the way I did. Over the water, the alternative spelling of 'learned' is more common.
Right! If only you had "learnt" how to spell "LEARNED!"
TJCoro,
I have done a little more digging on this subject, and actually we're both right. In British English, the verb 'to learn' is treated as irregular, and such has the irregular past participle 'learnt'. In American English, the verb is treated as a regular verb, and forms its past tense in the normal way with an 'ed' suffix, i.e. 'learned'. Both conventions are correct, with 'learnt' being the most popular spelling in Great Britain - which is why I spelt (or should that be spelled...) it the way I did. Over the water, the alternative spelling of 'learned' is more common.
Right! If only you had "learnt" how to spell "LEARNED!"
TJCoro,
I have done a little more digging on this subject, and actually we're both right. In British English, the verb 'to learn' is treated as irregular, and such has the irregular past participle 'learnt'. In American English, the verb is treated as a regular verb, and forms its past tense in the normal way with an 'ed' suffix, i.e. 'learned'. Both conventions are correct, with 'learnt' being the most popular spelling in Great Britain - which is why I spelt (or should that be spelled...) it the way I did. Over the water, the alternative spelling of 'learned' is more common.
Right! If only you had "learnt" how to spell "LEARNED!" 
Hey BB! That's the way they do it on the "mainland."
don TJ and the 
Coros
Haha! Good one, Muchacho! 
Umm. You'll do Ok around these parts! 
TJ and the 
Coros from the great State of Mind, Mexico!
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puff had to be so mean, though! 
1K! 
I believe the young lad said "we're both right" senor 
pencildick!
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