Spoiled/Spoilt Learned/Learnt

as I look at thorn's sig I think what must go through peoples' ('?) heads...



"Bisque, ooooh, that's a purty name!"




i sometimes wonder how people get the names they do. i honestly think it's like that.



"ooooooh, Rotunda.. that'd make a purty name!"






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and I agree with tre. individuality doesn't come from an apostrophe in your name.




we had a trainer here one time. Lois.



"It's pronounced Loy."


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Now people tell me the -t is wrong in all cases which I strongly object to. It was my brother so I punched him. Violence may be wrong but my grammar is nearly flawless.

It is the opinion of myself (and other people) that the explanation that -t is more common in British English than American/Canadian is a huge over simplification.

I think that the past tense would be -ed and the past participle would be -t.

Example: spoiled is to did as spoilt is to done

Participles are what describes a noun as being a participant in the action of the verb if anyone forgot.

Who the fuck cares. ... I mean really?

Most people just use the -ed form though since you rarely need the distinction between the participle and the past tense in English constructions. It is also my opinion that some of the vast simplification of English grammar makes it a bit dull and vague. To be exact you have to be wordy.