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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703254313-25042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>"Learnings" is corporate verbiage - commonly used in this
realm, as is "planful" and several other
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Violeta Ivanova [mailto:violeta@MIT.EDU]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
lslavin@mit.edu<BR><B>Cc:</B> MIT Editors<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Editors]
Grammatical question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Lois et al.:</DIV>
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<DIV>On behalf of all engineers who respect the English language, may I ask what
you mean by "shared their learning"? Did they learn together (i.e. "they shared
the process of learning") or did they share their knowledge (i.e. "they shared
what they had learned")?</DIV>
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<DIV>I can think of no case where using "learnings" or "learning's" would be the
best word choice. But I never majored in English, so what do I know ... When in
doubt, I read my Strunk & White.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Violeta Ivanova CE'95</DIV>
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<DIV>On Apr 24, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Lois Slavin wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><SPAN class=843412619-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is the following
use of "learnings" correct?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843412619-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>"....shared their
learnings with other companies......."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843412619-24042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843412619-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>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></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843412619-24042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Lois</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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