>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democrats-wounded-queen/2015/07/27/c7c33808-3478-11e5-8e66-07b4603ec92a_story.html
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>Michael Gerson (in the interest of full disclosure, I don't like him) says that the democrats might be "coronating" a wounded candidate.
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>I'd have said "crowning" a wounded candidate. A coronation takes place when someone is crowned - not coronated. (Michel's spell checker agrees with me- it can't find coronated. No loss Michel - let's chuck it.)
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>Coronated is in the dictionary, but so is orientate. An orientation occurs when someone is oriented, not orientated.
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>Unfortunately, he's probably correct in substance, but I'd like to think that someone making a living as a writer understands proper diction.

I'm with you on "crown" rather than "coronate." I'm also with you on "orient" vs. "orientate," but I have the impression that "orientate" may be correct in British English.

Tamar