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I cannot only say they have been learnt something from myself, but I have been learnt something from them as well.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

I can say that not only have they been taught something from me, but also I have learnt something from them.

Emsr2d2 · Answer

I can say that not only have they been taught something by me, but that I have learnt something from them.

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I can say that not only have they learnt something from me, but that I have learnt something from them.

Remember:

When someone learns, new information enters their brain.
When someone teaches, information exits their brain and goes into someone else's!

SO - I teach, I taught, I have taught and I have been taught = all possible

I learn, I learnt, I have learnt = all possible. I have been learnt = impossible.

You cannot use "to learn" in the passive except in the 3rd person singular when the noun is a subject, not an actual person: "English has been learnt in schools for decades". However, even with this example, it's better to say "English has been taught in schools for decades".

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