[Editors] Fwd: Re: Grammatical question

[Andrea Cohen]

Well, I done learned me a heap o' learning from all this talk.

But I still prefer the idea of people sharing what they have learned.

Regards,
Andrea

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>Hi all,
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>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).
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>Cheers,
>Nancy
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>From: editors-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:editors-bounces at MIT.EDU] On 
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>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:30 PM
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>Subject: [Editors] Grammatical question
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>Is the following use of "learnings" correct?
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>"....shared their learnings with other companies......."
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>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!
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>Thanks.
>Lois
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