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While reading his interesting comments, the verb, "learnt"
that he used happened to catch my eye. In my younger days,
I did a considerable amount of professional proofreading
as a technical writer. I remembered that back in school, we were
always cautioned to say "learned" rather than the incorrect
word "learnt"
However, I just checked my Webster's Dictionary and, sure enough,
the word "learnt" was listed there along with some other
accepted choices. I was wondering if anyone else on this
list-serve had similar experiences. ......
Herb Gottlieb from New York City
Where only our New York Times newspaper seemd to be paying
attention to our old-fashioned spelling and grammar)