Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 17:58:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@worldbank.org> Cc: danny@panda.hilink.com.au, jak@cetlink.net, peter@netplex.com.au, des@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Correct English style Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418175229.202B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418094758.8086B-100000@shadow.worldbank.org>
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On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Alok K. Dhir wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 danny@panda.hilink.com.au wrote:
>
> > When someone who learnt English as a second language corrects English
> ^^^^^^
>
> That's "learned". :-)
Not in my dictionary. :)
Exceptions, special-cases, varied tenses, etc. are signs of
cultural sophistication within a language, and I will not have
English brought to the level of a four-year old! "Learned" vs.
"learnt", of course, probably depends partly on which dialect's
dictionary you are checking.
Incidenctally, I happen to believe that the past-tense of "to
fit" is "fat" (one of several ideosyncracies in my own personal
dialect). Consider yourself warned. :-)
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