Possible Duplicate: Oriented vs. Orientated Both orienting and orientating seem to be in common use. Is there any difference in meaning or usage? Is orientating just a common misspelling?

Feb 9, 2011 · People say orientated because they hear the word orientation and think that's the verb made from it. It's called a "back-formation". (See Why are "colleagues" becoming "work …

Feb 22, 2014 · Oxford Dictionaries give 'orientate' as 'another term for orient'. Both are used in Britain. But this is a bit like 'connotate/connote' which came up in discussion elsewhere on the …

I would use "oriented toward " or "focused on ", since these are the correct prepositions in their non-metaphorical meanings. The word "oriented" isn't completely dissociated from its non …

Oct 27, 2014 · In the U.S., we seemingly prefer the former to the latter. However, I was sitting with my friends when one of them stated that he was "disorientated" while we were playing a video …

Dec 12, 2023 · Generic NPs are fine as subjects, it's indefinites referring to an actual single entity that are problematic (because the listener has to create an image of the individual thing with …

Sep 3, 2018 · The need for the definite article depends upon the contextual meaning. Late is nothing special and follows the same rules as any other word.

Oct 1, 2015 · 2 orienting From the definition of orient at Dictionary.com: to familiarize (a person) with new surroundings or circumstances, or the like: lectures designed to orient the new …

Oct 14, 2012 · Also, many of the hits were simply orienting the reader, this this one: The main towers, from south to north, are Sister Superior, North Sister, Chimney Spire, and Baby Sister. …

What is the word for the phenomenon where your brain blocks out background sounds, because they are constant? For example when you don't hear the air conditioning whirring away until it …