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Is this new topic an attempt to contain the rampant pedantry that exists on MN?

Discuss.

SPB - according to my Concise OED 'learned' is the past and past participle of 'learn' and so is 'learnt'. It says "chiefly Brit" for learnt.
'Learned' (pronounced learn-ed) means "having or characterized by much knowledge acquired by study".

Personally I would use learned only in the second example. If I wanted to say 'I learnt French at school' then I'd use learnt. But, according to my dictionary, either learned or learnt would be correct.

Another thing about English!

Oooh lovely.

Okay, you pedants can have one pedant's corner each, in a geometrically very complex room, called the Pedants' Hall.

This isn't grammar, but it comes under the heading "Inappropriate dialogue". This example is from an Alastair Maclean novel.

"Must dash. Captain making his rounds and all that"

Who said it, though? Some English "silly-ass" type character who could be played by Leslie Phillips or Ronnie Corbett? No, I'm afraid you're wrong. It was said by a Cuban revolutionary who had just hi-jacked a ship and was holding the crew to ransom.

very inappropriate dialogue. I think that it either wasn't well researched or the author couldn't be bothered to make it sound realistic.

So we're a fully capitalized "Tigerschick" from now on, are we?

my nic hd caps frm da 1 its 2 l8 4 u tho haha + tigers hv cubs nt chix so u r )ed with peeps hu sa th wrld is fl@ id lik 2 no were u went 2 skool...

LOL - That took me ages to read!

Um, what did you say? I loathe textspeak.