iris123 20,922 Posted November 1, 2019 This might be of some interest? A Road racer who is thinking of swapping over to speedway/Longtrack after being dropped by the BMW team https://www.speedweek.com/sandbahn/news/151193/Superbike-Profi-Reiterberger-will-Bahnrennen-fahren.html Glad I worked out in the end what the strange term of phrase meant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,922 Posted November 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, gustix said: At last! It looks as though you have learned something. Now you have done it again...... is it 'looks as though you have learned something' or should it be 'looks as though you have learnt something' ? hmmmmm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, gustix said: At last! It looks as though you have learned something. 8 minutes ago, iris123 said: Now you have done it again...... is it 'looks as though you have learned something' or should it be 'looks as though you have learnt something' ? hmmmmm Both the past tense and the past participle of 'to learn' can be written as either learned or learnt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,922 Posted November 1, 2019 Just now, gustix said: Both the past tense and the past participle of 'to learn' can be written as either learned or learnt. Ok. I thought 'learned' was more of an American term of phrase unless you were talking about a 'learned friend'. But you can always learn something Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,081 Posted November 1, 2019 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Ok. I thought 'learned' was more of an American term of phrase unless you were talking about a 'learned friend'. But you can always learn something The most important thing to learn is that English ain't what it used to be! I am old enough to remember when words like selfie and babymomma didn't exist... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites