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 AMTo: [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/Now just 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+and then
writingexplained.org (your site. fancy graph and numbers
again)http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/writingexplained.org+So I 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 Perhaps
oriented?! or not?as an adjective-Dirk Ross...Tokyo The Latest Worldwide
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