(October 30, 2014 at 11:10 am)pocaracas Wrote:(October 30, 2014 at 10:31 am)Chas Wrote: What? "Oriented" is correct.
Orientated is when you are oriented to the Orient!
Actually, Chas, both forms are valid:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/orientated?s=t
Quote: British Dictionary definitions for orientate
orientate
/ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt/
verb
1. a variant of orient
orientate
v. 1849, back-formation from orientation.
It's a variant, a back-formation, it is not preferred.
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Science is not a subject, but a method.