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  "description": "today iain learned: The difference between the words Learned and Learnt",
  "path": "/posts/learned-or-learnt",
  "publishedAt": "2025-10-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:aoqs4f5ru6ztomatyvept7bf/site.standard.publication/3mnlsntqzp72a",
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  "textContent": "Both!\n\nLearned is more common in American English (and is generally becoming more common), learnt everywhere else (British English, etc).\n\nAnd always learned if used as an adjective, in which case it is pronounced with two syllables (LER-ned).\n\n<https://www.grammarly.com/blog/commonly-confused-words/learned-learnt/>",
  "title": "Learned or Learnt"
}