"err" is the verb. To err is human. onErr: to forgive is divine. martin
________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Thiago Macieira <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Development] Avoid overloading of 'error' On Sunday 14 June 2015 15:35:37 Lorn Potter wrote: > On 14/06/2015 1:01 pm, Alan Alpert wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Lorn Potter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 11/06/2015 12:36 am, Samuel Gaist wrote: > >>> failed doesn't always mean there was an error with a direct relation. > >> > >> I was going to say this, but you beat me to it. > >> Also, "errored" is just wrong, "error" is also past tense. > > > > I consulted a linguist. She said that if you wanted to use error as a > > verb (it's not normally one), errored would be the past tense. But > > that it's probably not the best choice of word. > > She's wrong. 'errored' is not even in the American English or the Oxford > English dictionaries. > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestions/errored > http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=errored They don't seem to be listing "error" as a verb. Wiktionary has it: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/error#Verb But the point is that there is contention on the issue, so we shouldn't use "error" as a verb. -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
