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To: "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@worldbank.org>
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Subject: Re: Correct English style
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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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