I tend to use oriented and orientated pretty indiscriminately myself, choosing the shorter one when it seems to fit the flow of the sentence. Robert Burchfield, in the Third Edition of Fowler s Modern English Usage, says one can have no fundamental quarrel with anyone who decides to use the longer of the two words .
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[Q] From David Holland: I am uneasy about the word orientated as in business-orientated. I feel the word should be oriented. Am I right, wrong, pedantic, or what? ... I tend to use oriented and orientated pretty indiscriminately myself, choosing the shorter one when it seems to fit the flow of the sentence.
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Being a big fan of shorter words that mean the same thing, it has come to make me cringe when people say "Orientated" when "Oriented" works just fine.
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oriented , orientated adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; 'the house had its large ... What is the difference between oriented and orientated? Read answer...
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(KudoZ) English translation of object-oriented/orientated programming [programming - Computers: Software (Tech/Engineering)]. ... English term or phrase: object-oriented/orientated programming...
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Hi, I'm working on a problem, it is trying to break down a heating control system using object orientated design. Can be used to control a building with multiple rooms, each room individually, ... ; You are here: Experts > Computing/Technology > Perl/PHP > Object Oriented Programming > object orientated design...;
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oriented Vs orientated English Only ... Can you say either "customer oriented" or "customer orientated"? Is the former more used in America and the latter in the UK? Thanks ... Re: oriented Vs orientated...
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