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| I'd like to know which past pp is British: leaned or leant? --of the verb to lean If it's leant, is it always the irregular one the BrE one? like learnt and learned? Thanks a lot |
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| 'learnt' is British. As a rule of thumb, Americans generally prefer regular forms FRC |
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| Americans are cute with respect to English :) to shorten, to simplify anything they can... :) |
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