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Subject:judgement (was FW: Double Time -Reply) From:DAVID IBBETSON <ibbetson -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:57:26 -0400
Melissa writes:
> I worked on a Magistrate Court system where the
>programmer had been consistent, but consistently wrong in spelling
"judgment" -- a word that
>was everywhere in this system! When informed that "judgement" though it
looks correct is not,
>the programmer subtly questioned my intelligence! What would I know, I mean
I only have an MA
>in English (and most of the coursework for a PhD)!
In UK English judgement is an acceptable form. (Chambers Dictionary puts
judgment first). I prefer the form with the "e" in the middle.
There was never any thing by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure
established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted. -- Book
of Common Prayer, Preface
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