Dirk, I have an oriented Juancheng meteorite. I guess it is an Oriented Oriental Meteorite.
Cheers, Mike > On May 5, 2016, at 6:52 PM, drtanuki via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > List, Sorry the message was not sent in plain text and the link to the - > ADJ. form was dropped. Doug, I concur with you diatribe. Brit. English and > American usage differ and both forms are correct. I prefer oriented as it as > Bob says and I think Farmer would agree just sounds less awkward. > > > Missing Link- > http://grammarist.com/usage/orientate/ > > Dirk Ross...Tokyo The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News > http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bob Holmes <[email protected]> > To: MexicoDoug via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 6:25 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - Oriented vs. Orientated: What’s > the Difference? > > > > I only see where the use is as a verb. In this meteoritic context it is an > adjective. > > While 'orientated' may be correct, the historic and accepted use has always > been 'oriented'. > > Orientated sounds wrong and doesn't flow off my tongue easily. > > Bob > > > ------ Original message------ > From: MexicoDoug via Meteorite-list > Date: Thu, May 5, 2016 11:42 AM > To: [email protected];[email protected]; > Cc: > Subject:Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - Oriented vs. Orientated: What’s the > Difference? > > "oriented-vs-orientated-differencePerhaps oriented?! or not?"Dirk, perhaps > so, if "three men make a tiger".There are serious logical flaws lacing the > arguments and opinions presented in your link. There's an argument/appeal to > a non-existent authority - the author is nobody remarkable. The worst is an > appeal to numbers ("It's usage is more common so it is right"). Many words > are less common, yet thankfully exist and can be used even though shorter > ones are workable substitutes. Here's another grammar-assisting > website:"But, once again, orientate is an accepted variant of orient and is > not wrong."ref: http://grammarist.com/usage/orientate/Nowjust for fun, let's > use an appeal to numbers to decide which site is more reliable.grammarist (my > site. look at the trend and my fancy > graph):http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/grammarist.com+andthen > writingexplained.org(your site. fancy graph and numbers > again)http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/writingexplained.org+SoI would conclude > with fancy graphs and statistics (two above links) that because the link your > site just popped out of nowhere in March 2016 and is in 73,500th place > worldwide at this writing, and the site I linked to is in 9,300th place > worldwide, and around for years and continually getting more popular in the > rankings --for now perhaps 10x more consulted-- that we should avoid using > your site as a reference. "three men make a tiger"?Both words are > grammatically correct in my book and it comes down to style which is strictly > a personal decision of whoever is writing. IMO, Everyone understands them > ... There is no shame in word choice, and most people won't mind the extra t > and a here and there.Kindest wishesDoug-----Original Message-----From: > drtanuki via Meteorite-list To: Meteorite Mailing List Sent: Thu, May 5, 2016 > 9:48 amSubject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - Oriented vs. Orientated: What’s > the Difference?List, Here you > go-http://writingexplained.org/oriented-vs-orientated-difference > Perhapsoriented?! or not?as an adjective-Dirk Ross...Tokyo The Latest > Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News > http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/______________________________________________Visitour > Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentraland the Archives at > http://www.meteorite-list-archives.comMeteorite-list > [email protected]https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list______________________________________________Visitour > Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentraland the Archives at > http://www.meteorite-list-archives.comMeteorite-list > [email protected]https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
