The Difference between Learned and Learnt
Learnt and learned are both used as the past participle and past tense of the verb to learn. Learned is the generally accepted way of spelling it in the United States and Canada, while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to prefer learnt for now.
Is it correct to say lessons learned?
In the fixed expression "lessons learned", "learned" is definitely the favoured form (nearly 25 million hits versus less than 3 million).
How do you use lessons learned in a sentence?
The lesson I learned was to be careful of the company you keep. "The lesson I learned is not to be totally dependent on the speech pathologist". "The lesson I learned was: find the right market," she said. The lesson I learned is, only hire the best people, and more generally, trust your intuition.
