I. A list member questioned, "What's with the extra 'e' in 'judgment'?"
Someone else said there isn't any, and it looks better with. Someone else
says either is acceptable. Well, yes, but it depends on the circumstances.
British English, to which Canadian English largely adheres, has "judgement"
as either the preferred, or perhaps the only permissible, spelling. It
appears that way in my New English Bible, New Testament, for instance.
Dictionaries of American (U.S.A.) English show "judgment" first as the
preferred spelling, and then, "judgement." The AP Stylebook and Liability
Handbook shows "judgment" as THE spelling to use when writing copy for them,
or newspapers which use their standards. Perhaps an exception would be
allowed when quoting directly from another printed sources which uses two
"e"s, or perhaps not: It requires the spelling of one of the major political
parties in the United Kingdom as "Labor Party," even though, clearly, the
proper name of this organization is "Labour Party."
II. Thanks to Franklin Shea for his compliment on Saturday for my post a
few days earlier about "imagery" as a defining mark of real poetry.
III. I have a copy of "Travelogue," and I really like it --- some tracks
better than others --- no surprise here.
Tim Spong
Dover, Del., U.S.A.
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