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This week in English, we learnt about verb+noun collocation. Collocation is an expressive phrase that determines which words go together. But before that, I've always wondered what's the difference between 'learnt' and 'learned'. I hope that my fellow peers could shed some light on this if anyone has any idea.
From our previous meetings online, when we were asked to collaborate on the Tommy essay, my group and I instinctively remembered to set up discussion times. This proved that our communication skills improved with the help of one another and we became more initiative when responsibilities are shared.
Discussions on the poem "Base Details" were also intense and I enjoyed it very much as we concluded from a light squabble among our peers about the 'real' meaning, there IS no exact meaning. The point is to analyze and interpret it with evidence and explanation hence it could possibly mean anything, as long as you could support it. This gives me an idea about our essays as there is never a right or wrong essay, but it all depends on how we use our explanation to further support and concrete our ideas.
Learned and learnt are somewhat interchangeable as past participles. When we look at the perfect tenses this will become clearer, but you can refer to the verb table I gave you before. Let me know if you need more.
ReplyDeleteThere are various interpretations of literature but some will be completely off the wall so although there is no 'right' answer, there are certainly plenty of wrong ones. For example, someone might say the poem we looked at is about modern communications including the Internet and that is definitely wrong. As Napoleon might say, 'Some are more wrong than others!'