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The Wrap: Reds take their learnings to break Australia’s Super Rugby duck – The Roar
Grammarians universally frown upon the modern usage of the word ‘learnings’ as a dubious pluralisation of a singular noun. Meanwhile, rugby players and people aged…
Grammarians universally frown upon the modern usage of the word ‘learnings’ as a dubious pluralisation of a singular noun. Meanwhile, rugby players and people aged under 30 wonder what on earth a grammarian is and continue to use ‘learnings’ with gay abandon.
What is more interesting than arguing semantics over the evolution of language is observing the sheer number of times a losing skipper will trot out the obligatory line about taking learnings from this week’s failures only for his side to fail…
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