[Editors] Grammatical question

[Beryl Rosenthal]

Ok, as a museum educator and frequent grant reviewer, I have to say I  
have NEVER heard anyone use the word "learnings".  I suspect it was  
probably a typo.  Let's hope it doesn't enter Webster's, "d'oh" was  
strange enough!!  :-)
Beryl

On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Scott R Campbell wrote:

> 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
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>
>
> 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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