Timeline for "Oriented" vs. "orientated"
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| Apr 7, 2014 at 19:42 | comment | added | Mynamite | @Mari-LouA and Tristan, I agree completely, and I wish the various commentators who say how irritated they are by this word would accept that that is not evidence for it being 'wrong'. If I hadn't read this post first I would have assumed 'orientate' was the older term which had been shortened to 'orient' in AmE - rather like Robusto saying 'as an alternate' when the proper word is 'alternative.' I think :) | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 22:43 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | To me, the verb, orient, sounds decidedly odd and I was totally unaware of its existence (as a verb) and its usage in the US until today. Glad you found a reliable reference to back up your "orientate" usage. | |
| Sep 28, 2012 at 18:28 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 27, 2012 at 13:09 | history | answered | Tristan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |