Which is Correct "Learned" or "Learnt" ?

As is often the case, this is one of the differences between American English and British English. They are, of course, both forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb 'learn', which is an irregular verb.

Americans tend to say learned and the British tend learnt. Although both can be considered correct.

Other verbs that have this characteristic are: burn, dream, kneel, lean, leap, spell, spill, spoil.

All of these are also irregular verbs.

The 25 Most Used Verbs.....

Below are the 25 most used verbs in the English Language, According to the best source on the subject, which is the English Oxford Dictionary.

The reasons why a word has made it into this list vary, but in general, they are words that have many meanings as well as words that form part of many common phrases.

Learning these verbs well will be a great help in your study of English.

1 be

2 have

3 do

4 say

5 get

6 make

7 go

8 know

9 take

10 see

11 come

12 think
13 look

14 want

15 give

16 use

17 find

18 tell

19 ask

20 work

21 seem

22 feel

23 try

24 leave

25 call

How many words are there in the English Language?

As the Oxford English Dictionary says, there is no sensible, single answer to this question. The problem lies in deciding exactly what a word is! Let me give you an example. The word 'dog'. Should it count as one or two words? A dog is an animal, that's to say a noun. But it is also a verb meaning to follow persistently. And what about 'dog-tired'? Is that another word or just two words joined together? What about French words used in cooking or Latin words used in law.

What about dialects, scientific terms, slang?

The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, and about a seventh verbs; the rest is made up of interjections, conjunctions, prepositions, suffixes, etc. These figures take no account of entries with senses for different parts of speech (such as noun and adjective).

This suggests that there are at least a quarter of a million distinct English words, of which about 20 percent are no longer in current use.If distinct senses were counted, the total would probably approach three quarters of a million.

"My friend and I" or "My friend and me" Which is Correct?

This is something that confuses many people,

including English natives, but the solution is really

very simple. If you are not sure, the trick is to

take the other person out of the sentence and see

if it still makes sense (changing to the singular

when necessary).

For example:

Jack invited Mary and me to the party. - Jack invited me to the party. (Correct)

Jack invited Mary and I to the party. - Jack invited I to the party. (Wrong)

My friend and me went to the party. - Me went to a party.

My friend and I went to the party. - I went to the party.

My friend and I are both Capricorn. - I am Capricorn.

My friend and me are both Capricorn. - Me am Capricorn.

Now that you know the rule, if you listen to native English speakers you will see that, often, they also get it wrong. Don't worry. Just follow the rule and you will always get it right.

VOCABULARY 101 - 200

• Posterity – Future generations


• Pragmatism – Dealing things in a practical way


• Predecessor – A person who did your job so far you joined


• Precarious – Dangerous


• Anonymous – Unknown


• Quorum – Minimum number required


• Redundant – No longer needed


• Relinquish – Abandon


• Reprimand – Scold


• Replica – Model


• Reminiscence – Memory


• Reprieve – Pardon


• Rhetoric – Oratory


• Rigmarole – Procedure


• Righteous – Just


• Utopian – Idealistic


• Ventriloquist – Entertainer (by imitating voices)


• Reconnaissance – Investigation


• Ransom - Money paid to release a captive


• Pseudonym – Penname of a writer


• Postmortem – Medical examination of a dead body to know the cause of death


• Mortuary – A place where dead bodies are kept


• Prudent – Sensible, careful


• Proscribe – Prohibit


• Teetotaler – One who does not take toxic drinks


• Agro phobia – Fear of open spaces or going outside your home


• Ailment – Disease, affliction


• Agrarian – Agricultural


• Agnostic – Unbeliever


• Aggrandizement – Done to get power, wealth and gain importance


• Aggrieved – Resentful


• Affidavit – A written statement which you swear is true


• Aegis – Under the auspices of


• Adversary – Opponent


• Adolescent – Teenager


• Adjourn – Stop


• Adieu – Good bye


• Adhoc – Temporary


• Access – Entry


• Accessible – Approachable


• Academic – Intellectual


• Acronym – A word composed of the initial letters of a name


• Adulation – Acclaim


• Aesthetic – To appreciate beauty


• Albeit – Although


• Alibi – Something that proves that the accused was not there when the crime was committed


• Alien – Foreign


• Allegory – A poem with a hidden meaning


• parable – Story with a moral


• Allegiance – Loyalty


• Alleviate – Reduce * Aggravate


• Almamater – Institution


• Alumni – Old students


• Almanac – Year book


• Altruist – Unselfish*egoist


• Ambivalent – Uncertain


• Amity – Friendship


• Anarchy – Lawlessness


• Anachronism – Out dated


• Analogy – Similarity


• Analgesic – Lawlessness
• Creche – Place where babies are looked after while the parents are away at work
• sobriquet – Nick name
• Atheist – A person who does not believe in God
• Asylum – Mental hospital, protection given by a government to prisoners who leave their own country for political reasons
• Audacity – Courage
• Austerity – Great simplicity in one’s way of life
• Autobiography – Ones own life story
• Authenticity – Genuineness
• Auxiliary – Assistant
• Avaricious – Greedy
• Axiom – Saying, Proverb
• Bankruptcy – Insolvency
• Beleaguered – Harassed
• Bereavement – Death
• Benevolent – Liberal
• Bigot – Who has strong and unreasonable attitude and believer that any one who has a different opinion must be wrong
• Bigwig – A very important person
• Biographer – A person who writes the life story of a person
• Blockbuster – Best seller, sensational
• Blue Chip – A investment or company profitable and safe to invest
• Blue blooded – belonging to a royal family
• Blue eyed boy – Favorite
• Blue collar – Manual workers
• White color – Office workers
• Bonafide – Genuine or real * Bogus
• Bootlegger – Who transports alcohol illegally
• Boon – Blessing
• Bourgeois – Rich middle class behavior
• Brain child – Idea, invention created by a person
• Brain drain – Emigration of genius
• Briefing – Instructions given at a meting
• Incredulous – Unbelievable
• Integrity – Honesty
• Ratification – Approval
• Alumni – Old student
• Alma meter – Institution where one studied
• Albeit – Although
• Surrogate – Substitute
• Verdict – Judgment

VOCABULARY 1 - 100

1. Numismatics – Science of studying coins
2. Hydrophobia – Fear of Water
3. Democracy – Government by the people
4. Aquarium – Place where fish are kept
5. Stable – Place where horses are kept
6. Kennel – Place where dogs are kept
7. Avarium – Place where birds are kept
8. Anthropology – Study of human beings
9. Psychology – Study of human behaviors or soul
10. Psychiatry – Treatment of mental diseases
11. Pisciculture – Growing of fish
12. Apiculture – Growing of honeybees
13. Sericulture – Growing of silk worms
14. Aquaculture – Growing of water animals
15. Sacrosanct – Holy, inviolable
16. Amiss – Wrong
17. Impasse – No progress
18. Unkempt – Dirty
19. Blather – Nonsense
20. Salubrious – Healthy, benign
21. Unavailing – Useless
22. Untenable – Incapable of being maintained
23. Ornithologist – Who scientifically studies birds
24. Amnesia – Forgetfulness
25. Somnambulist – One who walks in sleep
26. Misogynist – One who hates women
27. Celibate – One who remains unmarried
28. Polyglot – One who speaks many languages
29. Archaeology – Study of ancient things
30. Veterinary – Science of animals
31. Philatelist – One who collects postal stamps
32. Afford – To have enough money to be able to buy
33. Launch – Begin
34. Chronic – Long continued or constant
35. Indelible – Permanent, which can not be erased
36. Laudable – Praiseworthy
37. Augur – Prophesy
38. Bane – Ruin
39. Harbinger – Precursor, herald, presunner, predecessor
40. Précis – Summary
41. Precedent – Example, model, anaction that can be referred to justify
42. Precarious – Dangerous
43. Precocious – Clever beyond their age
44. Preclude – Prohibit
45. Preposterous – Absurd, outrageous
46. Prejudice – Bias
47. Prerogative – Right
48. Presage – Portend
49. Churlish – Discourteous
50. Equivocal – Ambiguous
51. Dour – Sorrowful
52. Disparate – Not identical
53. Reprehend – Criticist
54. Posthumous – After death
55. Stalemate – Deadlock
56. Redtapism – Official delay
57. Succour – Help
58. Swindler – Cheat
59. Staple diet – Standard food
60. Spasmodic – Occasional
61. Salutary – Beneficial
62. Solicitous – Showing concern
63. Snob – Admires upper class and looks down upon ordinary people
64. Sorocerer – Magician
65. Secular – No connection with religion
66. Sceptic – Doubter
67. Samaritan – One who helps in trouble
68. Sacrilege – Irrevarence
69. Simpleton – Idiot
70. Sovereign – Supreme
71. Surveillance – Observation
72. Accomplice – Partner in a crime
73. Third degree – Torture
74. Tempermental – Volatile, changeable
75. Tranquilizer – Sedative
76. Tour-de-force – Master piece
77. Swan song – Last famous work
78. Trauma – Emotional shock, unpleasant upsetting experience
79. Transcendental – Spiritual
80. Theology – Study of the nature of God
81. Purgative – Laxative
82. Sycophant - Flatterer
83. Subsidize – Finance
84. Statutory – Legal
85. Spoilsport – Behaviour which ruins other happiness
86. Shrewd – Clever
87. Synonymous - Equivalent
88. Syndrome – Phenomenon
89. Totalitarianism – Authoritarianism
90. Summon – Send for
91. Scapegoat – Blamed for no fault of his
92. Sleuth – Detective
93. Reverie – Day dream
94. Sabotage – To spoil deliberately
95. Reprieve – Pardon
96. Recalcitrant – Quarrelsome
97. Rapport – Exchange
98. Probation – On training
99. Precocious – Intelligent beyond one’s age
100. Postscript – Message written at the end of a letter

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES

151. Deviation from common rule = Anomal
152. Book or film produced only to bring money = Money spinner
153. One who hates knowledge and learning = Misologist
154. Study of environment = Ecology
155. To go back and forth = Shuttle
156. One who travels between two places = Commutors
157. Story of old time gods and heroes = Legend
158. That which can be interpreted in any way = Ambiguous
159. A funny imitation = Parody
160. The power of reading the thoughts of others = Telepathy
161. A thing or person behind time = Antiquated
162. A critical judge of fine arts = Connoisseur
163. Witty clever retort = Repartee
164. Words with different meaning but similar sound = Homonym
165. Words with opposite meaning = Antonym
166. Words with same meaning = Synonym
167. Person who travels in a balloon, airship, aircraft = Aeronaut
168. A person living permanently in a certain place = Domicile
169. One who loves all and sundry = Altruist
170. Mania for stealing articles = Kleptomania
171. One who loves all and sundry = Altruist
172. Mania for stealing articles = Kleptomania
173. Person indifferent to pain and pleasure = Stoic
174. A post with no work but high pay = Sinecure
175. Mania for travel = Dromomania
176. Walking in sleep = Somnambulism
177. Opposed to change = Conservative
178. Line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet = Horizon
179. A story which ideas are symbolished as people = Allegory
180. A disease which ends in death = Fatal
181. A person who deserts his religion = Apostate
182. To deprive a thing of its holy character = Desecrate
183. One who bestows undue praise = Sycophant
184. To talk much without coming to the point = Circumlocution
185. A person who is reserved in talks = Reticent
186. An unexpected stroke of good luck = Windfall
187. One who is interested in the welfare of women = Feminist
188. Police of a political party = Manifesto
189. A poem with a moral = Didactic
190. To work in turn for being taught = Apprentice
191. Those who pass through a state without permission = Trespassers
192. A place where historical records or public records are kept = Archives
193. Unpaid work = Honorary
194. Statistics of births, deaths = Demography
195. Counting the population of a country = Census
196. A person with discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country = Plenipotentiary
197. A man of lax morals = Licentious
198. To bring about painless death from incurable disease = Euthanasia(Mercy Killing)
199. One who forcibly seizes control of an aircraft or bus = Hijacker
200. To kill ones own wife = Uxoricide
201. Beautiful article used in ancient times = Antique
202. One who hates marriage = Misogamist
203. Who imitates others voices = Ventriloquist
204. Ancient classics = Epic
205. An unbelievable story carried from generation to generation = Myth.

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES

101. Anything which destroys the effect of poison = Antidote
102. A song sung at a burial = Elegy
103. A cure for all diseases = Panacea
104. Unreasonable enthusiasm for the glorification of one’s country = Chauvinism
105. A person who thinks that his importance is very great = Megalomaniac
106. The tour programmed of a V.I.P = Itinery
107. A short stay at a place to relax = Sojourn
108. Stage between boyhood and youth = Adolescence
109. One who eats every thing = Omnivorous
110. One who eats only non vegetarian matter = Herbivorous
111. One who eats only non vegetarian matter = Carnivorous
112. A perception without objective reality = Hallucination
113. A poem written in praise of a person = Panegyric
114. Study of atmosphere and climate = Meteorologist
115. A person who is bad in spelling = Cacographist
116. A short walk for pleasure or exercise = Stroll
117. A school for infants = Kinder garden
118. Story with a moral = parable
119. A person who believes that everything is predestined = Fatalist
120. A letter in verse = Epistle
121. Open rebellion of soldiers = Mutiny
122. Word for word production = Verbatim
123. The science of the formation of earth = Geologist
124. A talkative person = Garrulous
125. Study of skin = Determatology
126. A statement which cannot be understood = Incomprehensible
127. Place where bankers exchange cheques = Clearing house
128. A tumour which is not likely to spread = Benign
129. A tumour which harmful and likely to spread = Malignant
130. A place of good climate for invalids = Sanatorium
131. A small named group of fixed stars = Constellation
132. Water useful for drinking = Potable
133. That which can be carried = Portable
134. One who loves man kind = Philanthropist
135. One who hates mankind = Misanthropist
136. A person who lives alone and avoids other people = recluse
137. To talk without respect holy things = Blashphemy
138. A person who is interested in reading books = Bookworm
139. A person who does out of enthusiasm = Amateur
140. A physician who delivers babies = Obstetrician
141. Hundred years celebration = Centenary
142. Public building where weapons are stored = Arsenal
143. Under ground portion of a huge construction = Cellar
144. A person interested mainly in a small group = Fanatic
145. One who cannot be connected = Incorrigible
146. Giving undue favours to one’s own kith and kin = Nepotism
147. A writer declaration made on oath in the presence of a magistrate = Affidavit
148. Will written by a person before his death = Testament
149. Indecent picturisation = Obscenity
150. An expression of mild disapproval = Reproof

One Word Substitutes

51. One who is all powerful = Omnipotent
52. Connoisseur of choice food = Gourmet
53. One who eats too much = glutton
54. One who is not loyal to the country = Traitor
55. A person who makes love for amusement = Philanderer
56. A small shop that sells fashionable clothes = Boutique
57. To come as a settler into another country = Immigrate
58. A person first speech = Maiden
59. Playing for the first time for one’s country = Debut
60. Speech delivered without any previous preparation = Extempore
61. Official in charge of a museum = Curator
62. Study of earth quakes = Seismology
63. Fear of going to bed = Clinophobia
64. Allowance due to a wife from husband after separation = Alimony
65. A person 70 to 79 years old = Septuagenarian
66. A person 80 to 89 years old = Octogenarian
67. A person who lived for hundred years = Centurion
68. One who looks at the bright side of things = Optimist
69. One who looks at the dark side of things = Pessimist
70. Specialist in children diseases = Pediatrician
71. Specialist in mental diseases = Psychiatrist
72. A word no longer in use = Obsolete
73. A person who lived at the same time = Contemporary
74. One who has suddenly become wealthy and powerful = Parvenu
75. One who does not know how to save money = Spendthrift
76. Man with woman’s qualities = Effeminate
77. Lack of enough blood = Anaemia
78. The plants of a region = Flora
79. The animals of a region = Fauna
80. Unnecessary fear of crowds = Ochlophobia
81. One appointed by two parties to settle a dispute = Arbiter
82. A list of explanation of words at the end of a book = Appendix
83. A man who can use both hands = Ambidextrous
84. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence = Protocol
85. A paper written in one’s own hand = Manuscript
86. Interested in and clever at many things = Versatile
87. To Congratulate a person in a formal manner = Felicitate
88. A person skilled in horse riding = Equestrian
89. One who talks continuously = Loquacious
90. A violent bad tempered woman = Virago
91. A person who readily believes in others = Credulous
92. A person who is easily cheated = Gulliable
93. A book containing summarises information of all branches in knowledge = Encyclopedia
94. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool = Dotage
95. A person who wishes to throw over all establishments = Anarchist
96. Land which is surrounded by water almost on all sides = Peninsula
97. A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth = Geostationary
98. Ridiculous use of words = Malapropism
99. A sea abounding in islands = Archipelago
100. A story that can hardly be believed = Incredible
Words used in ancient times but not in use now = Archaic

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES

1. A name and opted by a writer = Pseudonym
2. Of unknown authorship = anonymous
3. Taking one’s own life = suicide
4. A person concerned with practical results = pragmatist
5. A speech by an actor at the end of a play = epilogue
6. A political leader who tries to stir up people = Demagogue
7. Animals living on land and in water = Amphibians
8. A person with long experience = veteran
9. Atonement for one’s sins = repentance
10.A man of odd habits = Ecentric
11.A person who derives pleasure by inflicting pain on others = Sadist
12.A general pardon of political offender = Amnesty
13.A person who is made to bear the blame due to others = Scapegoat
14.A person who pays much attention to his clothes and appearance = Dandy
15.A person hard to please = Fastidious
16.A person who considers himself superior to others in culture and intellect = Highbrow
17.A wishful longing for something one has known in the past = Nostalgia
18.The art of cutting trees and bushes in to ornamental shapes = Topiary
19.An associate in an office or institution = Colleague
20.A person who believes in God = Theist
21.A person who does not believe in God = Atheist
22.Witty, Clever, Retart = Repartee
23.A child who stays away from school without any good reason = Truant
24.One who compiles a dictionary = Lexicographer
25.One who does not care for literature and art = Philistine
26.One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks = Teatotaller
27.A house for storing grains = granary
28.A person who is neither intelligent nor dull(average) = Mediocre
29.A person who dances to the tune of his wife = Henpecked
30.Branch of medicine which deals with the problems of the old = Ntology(Geriatrics)
31.Careful in performing duties = Punctilious
32.A person who gives written testimony for use in a law court = deponent
33.Equal in rank, merit or quality = Peer
34.Indifference to pleasure or pain = Stoicism
35.Using of new words = Coinage
36.Fruit garden = Orchard
37.Person who gives himself up to lixuary and sexual pleasures = voluptuary
38.Books which excite sex in readers = Pornography
39.One who is likable = Amiable
40.One copies the writing of others = Plagiarist (Plagiarism)
41.Journey to a holy place = Pilgrimage
42.Worship of idols = Idolatry
43.One who ruins statues of gods = Iconoclast
44.One who is honorably discharged from service = Emeritus
45.A place of ideal peace and happiness = Elysium
46.Printed notice of Somebody’s death = Obituary
47.A story in verse = Ballad
48.One knowing every thing = Omniscient
49.One who is present every where = Omnipresent
50.One who is all powerful = Omnipotent