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 site …

Aug 6, 2020 · I'm deeply sorry for my poor english skills but I need to know. :( Can I answer: "It always has been happening" after the sentence: "This is happening because of you" ?

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 game. My …

Dec 12, 2023 · "A supermarket is there" is Indian English, and I think there is an explanation for why that word order is used. Where did you come across this?

Jan 29, 2014 · Small children have a particular writing style that teachers often mark as wrong. We had a field trip. And we went to the zoo. And we saw monkeys. And they were funny. And then we went …

Dec 8, 2020 · I thought "commit to" should be followed by "-ing", but the following article uses infinitive form of verb, as in the following sentence: "Under its contract with Pfizer, ...

Dec 22, 2020 · As a non-native English speaker I have never been quite sure how to use the words "exist" and "exists". For example is the usage of the said words grammatically …

Feb 6, 2013 · Here's a web page with some links (I haven't gone there). We can say "All {I / you / they} need do is...", but not "I need do this". In specific: No, it's not okay to use "need compute" in a …