[Editors] Grammatical question

[William T G Litant]

1. Learnings is not possessive
2. Learnings is not a contraction
3. Learnings is not a word

Bill Litant

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>From: editors-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:editors-bounces at MIT.EDU] On 
>Behalf Of Lois Slavin
>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:30 PM
>To: MIT Editors
>Subject: [Editors] Grammatical question
>
>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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>Lois Slavin
>Communications Director
>MIT Engineering Systems Division
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