>>I looked at the link and this line:
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The nonlabour force includes those who are not looking for work,>>
>>just supports what I said. If you have given up, stopped looking for work, and gone on the dole, you are no longer considered unemployed.
But not employed either. Sort of like promoted into a .null.
>But my question was : WHEN did that become the criteria......
So was mine.
Also, when did criteria become pluralia tantum?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criteria still considers it a regular plural of criterion.