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Thread: Spell check please

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    j2k4 stated
    "In six more years, perhaps you'll have learned to spell it correctly."


    i looked it up because i thought it should be "learnt",
    according to my resources both seem to be correct....
    Which is correct and why?

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    Learnt is past tense, in the sense that you have already done it, so as far as i'm aware it should be learnt. Although thats not to say it shouldn't be learned either.

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    since i can't beat him in politics - here is the statement in question https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showp...7&postcount=42

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    They mean the same thing, mate.

    You are both right.

    So you correcting him was basically wrong.

    My own feeling is learned sounds more formal than learnt. Which would kind of fit the scenario.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sextent View Post
    They mean the same thing, mate.

    You are both right.

    So you correcting him was basically wrong.

    My own feeling is learned sounds more formal than learnt. Which would kind of fit the scenario.
    (Stands silently in the shadow, magnanimous in victory...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Sextent View Post
    They mean the same thing, mate.

    You are both right.

    So you correcting him was basically wrong.

    My own feeling is learned sounds more formal than learnt. Which would kind of fit the scenario.
    (Stands silently in the shadow, magnanimous in victory...)

    just because his wrong, doesnt mean you have to make your text this tiny
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    Quote Originally Posted by BrolyBoo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post

    (Stands silently in the shadow, magnanimous in victory...)

    just because his wrong, doesnt mean you have to make your text this tiny
    How old are you, anyway?
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by BrolyBoo View Post

    just because his wrong, doesnt mean you have to make your text this tiny
    How old are you, anyway?
    12?

    Almost a teenager wow
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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Sextent View Post
    They mean the same thing, mate.

    You are both right.

    So you correcting him was basically wrong.

    My own feeling is learned sounds more formal than learnt. Which would kind of fit the scenario.
    (Stands silently in the shadow, magnanimous in victory...)

    Ah unfair if we can't beat you in a debate ,at lest we should win a spelling Bee .

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