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<div>Well, I done learned me a heap o' learning from all this
talk.</div>
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<div>But I still prefer the idea of people sharing what they have
learned.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Andrea</div>
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:06:37 -0400<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Hi all,</font></blockquote>
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color="#000080"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">My vote is that learning is a collective noun, like
deer and education. No matter how many of you there are, you all
share your learning. (singular).</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Cheers,</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Nancy</font></blockquote>
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color="#000080">Nancy DuVergne Smith<br>
MIT Alumni Association | Editorial Director<br>
W59-200 | 617-253-8217 | ndsmith@mit.edu<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Tahoma"
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>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Editors] Grammatical question</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Is the
following use of "learnings" correct?</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">"....shared their learnings with other
companies......."</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" 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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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">Thanks.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
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