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[Forum] -ed /-t suffixes
According to the Cambridge Guide to Australian English usage (Peters) both forms of the suffix to past tense may be used. The -ed forms (e.g. learned, burned) are more common in US English, whereas in British/Australian English both forms are used. I regularly use -t forms, especially adjectivally (