Really, I do like you, Obama tells French and Germans
But he learnt, like the most popular kid in school who everyone wants to befriend, that the slightest gesture can seem like a snub to those anxious to be liked.
Was this an attempt at humor or did ‘learnt’ recently become an actual word?
Schrat
No, it wasn’t an attempt at humor. Learnt has been an actual word for quite some time now, although you see it used more often in British English than in American English: GBU Editor
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel while in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany, June 5, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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It’s English - lose the unnecessary adjectives
- Posted by Irishman