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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Single European Language (german?)
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In article <3scpqo$nar@chleuasme.francenet.fr>,
mbonnaud@dialup.francenet.fr (Marc Bonnaud) wrote:

> hfir@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Hoss Firooznia) wrote:
> >At least,
> >I found that to be the case when I tried learning some French in high school.
> >Learning verb conjugations was a pain in the rear, and boring too -- at least
> >to me.
> 
> >But for me, at least, that added benefit
> >is more than outweighed by the added burden of learning all the
> >irregularities as a non-native speaker.  Especially when I stumble badly
> >when trying to talk to someone who learned the language as a child, and for
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^
>                  You meant " learnt " here I guess ? ;-)
> 

Learned is the normal form in AE.  Learnt is BE.

From the Am Heritage dict

learn (lrn) v. learned also  learnt (lrnt), learn0ing, learns

-- 
R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031
