[Editors] Grammatical question

[Scott R Campbell]

Oh please let me chime in too.  I agree, I agree, I agree.  It drives  
me up the wall when people talk about their learnings.  Learning,  
maybe.  Learnings, no.  Findings, yes.  And never never never  
apostrophe.  You're dealing with a bunch of illiterates over there,  
Lois!  Fight back!
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Scott Campbell
Director of Communications	
MIT School of Architecture + Planning



On Apr 24, 2007, at 4:22 PM, William T G Litant wrote:

> 1. Learnings is not possessive
> 2. Learnings is not a contraction
> 3. Learnings is not a word
>
> Bill Litant
>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> "....shared their learnings with other companies......."
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Lois
>>
>>
>> Lois Slavin
>> Communications Director
>> MIT Engineering Systems Division
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