>>>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>I have another case of, I believe, wrong usage of the word - I am not sure if I need to correct it, though.
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>>>>>>Let's consider this text
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>>>>>>"The incentive is satisfied if the Group Level (actually lesson level) for the event satisfies the specified criteria."
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>>>>>>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).
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>>>>>>What do you think?
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>>>>>"Conditions" is plural, so shouldn't it be "criteria"?
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>>>>True. By conditions I mean - say, we want to define incentive as number of hours taught between 10 and 20. So, on the form we can specify low boundary and upper boundary (we can also specify the < = > sign for the comparison).
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>>>>So, given that information, do you think the word "criteria" is correct for this context?
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>>>I'm really not sure because I don't know what Group Level means. It again seems to indicate plural but maybe it doesn't.
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>>For what it's worth, here's how I see it: it depends on how you specify it. If Grade > x and Grade < y, then you have two criteria (upper bound and lower bound). If you specify Grade between x and y, then you have one criterion (the Grade itself).
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>You may be right. I have already burned too many brain cells on this question ;-)
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>Are you still glad the Blue Jays are in the division of death? There is still a lot of baseball to be played, of course.
I fear that I'll be saying, "there's still a lot of baseball to play" until there isn't, and then it'll be the old standby, "Next year".
I'd still rather be in this division though.