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a penguin wrapper once told me that the only word in the english language to end with 'mt' was 'dreamt'.
is that true? or did I dream that?
anyway, now for the real reason for starting this thread. the first bit was just a distraction for the next question in case the answer's blazingly obvious. when do you use 'learnt' and when do you use 'learned'? I always assumed that 'learnt' was slang, but according to dictionary.com (my research stops here) 'learnt' is a word too. educate me.
09-04-2007, 06:34 PM
a penguin wrapper once told me that the only word in the english language to end with 'mt' was 'dreamt'. Post #2
Firefox spellcheck adorns 'dreamt' with a red dotted line every time I type it, I'm not sure which horrendous dictionary it uses.
As to the question, 'learned' is the American equivalent of the British 'learnt'; the ambiguity arises due to the irregularity in the tenses of the root verb learned, same goes for verbs like dream, lean, spoil etc.
09-04-2007, 06:36 PM
a penguin wrapper once told me that the only word in the english language to end with 'mt' was 'dreamt'. Post #6
Originally posted by TtD:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by exchampionsfan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Cloughies Biggest Fan:
also see smelled and smelt.
they're interchangeable. </BLOCKQUOTE>
What about in the other use of the word, I assume the results of a smelting process would be either 'smelt' 'smelted' or 'smelten' metals? </BLOCKQUOTE>
I have absolutely no idea. I don't even know what smelting metals means.
a penguin wrapper once told me that the only word in the english language to end with 'mt' was 'dreamt'. 
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