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<div>1. Learnings is not possessive</div>
<div>2. Learnings is not a contraction</div>
<div>3. Learnings is not a word</div>
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<div>Bill Litant</div>
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size="-1"><b>From:</b> editors-bounces@MIT.EDU
[mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Lois Slavin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MIT Editors<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Editors] Grammatical question</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Is the following use of
"learnings" correct?</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">"....shared their
learnings with other companies......."</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">I have a colleague who
says it should be "learning's". He was an English major in
college, not an engineer, so I thought I'd better check with this
group!</font></blockquote>
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size="-1">Thanks.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Lois</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Lois
Slavin</font></blockquote>
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