>>Hi everybody,
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>>I've checked this link
http://grammarist.com/spelling/cancel/ but I am not 100% sure which spelling should I choose. The software is written by US company, but may be used by US, Canadian, NZ and Australian clients. It may also be used internationally in other countries.
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>>So, just wondering what spelling do you prefer in your code?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>I wouldn't worry much about it. The meaning of the word is well understood by English speakers everywhere, even if there is a slight difference in spelling. Neither is incorrect.
I have another case of, I believe, wrong usage of the word - I am not sure if I need to correct it, though.
Let's consider this text
"The incentive is satisfied if the Group Level (actually lesson level) for the event satisfies the specified criteria."
For each individual criterion we perform a check whether conditions are satisfied or not and then print this kind of the message. To be 100% correct we need to use the word "criterion" here, not "criteria". However, I am not sure if it's worth the trouble of fixing all the code (because this kind of text is repeated over and over again in that class).
What do you think?
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