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Birchy | 10:32 Wed 25th Jul 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the difference between oriented and orientated? People seem to swap and change with this. Could anyone give grammatical examples of both contexts?
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There's no difference. It's just a question of personal choice.
10:23 Thu 26th Jul 2001
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What ssmart says is true, in that most dictionaries carry orientate as a valid variation of orient, but I would argue that careful users of English would exclude the unnecessary extra syllable. After all, no-one would dream of saying 'interpretated' for interpreted', would they...
13:17 Mon 30th Jul 2001

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