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Old 21-Nov-2006, 13:06
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Default pronunciation of participle when used as an adjective
participle learned when used as an adjentive is pronounced as learn-ed.
e.g He is a learn-ed man. Is it a rule to pronounce participle as -ed- when used as an adjective? if yes then what do u think about earned .. is it earned or earn-ed ?
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Old 21-Nov-2006, 13:25
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participle learned when used as an adjentive is pronounced as learn-ed.
e.g He is a learn-ed man. Is it a rule to pronounce participle as -ed- when used as an adjective? if yes then what do u think about earned .. is it earned or earn-ed ?
please give me reply with explanation.

Khursheed Ahmad Khan
"Learned" is the exception to the rule.
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Old 21-Nov-2006, 20:04
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Default Re: pronunciation of participle when used as an adjective
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...as well as crooked, beloved and some others.
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Old 22-Nov-2006, 05:27
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Hi,
...as well as crooked, beloved and some others.
That's good, even though 'belove" as a verb was obsolete a long time ago.
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