The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
No doubt of little to no interest to most of you.
However, I got told once that earnt wasn't a real word. Even the spell checkers will flag it up.
Obviously earned has become more accepted however, because I'm bored:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090209045049AAbZh4Z
"earnt" : (UK) An archaic but entirely acceptable alternative form of the simple past and past participle "earned". Still considered to be incorrect by many, who are largely unaware of the historical development of the English language. Other verbs which can be declined in this way are: learn (learnt), dream (dreamt), spell (spelt). Suggestions that the word is somehow "incorrect" are themselves incorrect.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/earnt
"earn" : simple past and past participle "earned"; "earnt" is incorrect
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/earn#Engli…
two tendencies are discernible :
(1) the form in '-ed' is more often preferred in American English, and
(2) in British English there is a stronger preference for the '-t' form when it is used as a participial adjective, as in 'The cakes are burnt' as distinct from 'We burned the cakes' [...] " 'earnt' is not standard, but is increasingly found"
"-t", _Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage_. Ed. Robert Allen. Oxford University Press, 1999. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Oxford University. 29 May 2006
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:earnt
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However, I got told once that earnt wasn't a real word. Even the spell checkers will flag it up.
Obviously earned has become more accepted however, because I'm bored:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090209045049AAbZh4Z
"earnt" : (UK) An archaic but entirely acceptable alternative form of the simple past and past participle "earned". Still considered to be incorrect by many, who are largely unaware of the historical development of the English language. Other verbs which can be declined in this way are: learn (learnt), dream (dreamt), spell (spelt). Suggestions that the word is somehow "incorrect" are themselves incorrect.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/earnt
"earn" : simple past and past participle "earned"; "earnt" is incorrect
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/earn#Engli…
two tendencies are discernible :
(1) the form in '-ed' is more often preferred in American English, and
(2) in British English there is a stronger preference for the '-t' form when it is used as a participial adjective, as in 'The cakes are burnt' as distinct from 'We burned the cakes' [...] " 'earnt' is not standard, but is increasingly found"
"-t", _Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage_. Ed. Robert Allen. Oxford University Press, 1999. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Oxford University. 29 May 2006
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:earnt
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