John W. Kennedy wrote:
> On Jan 6, 9:06 pm, "Bruce Goatly"  wrote:
>> Amy Guskin wrote:
>>> This reminds me of seeing "orientate" used where
"orient" would suffice.
>>
>> Ahem. 'Orientate' is standard British English usage.
>
> Are you quite certain of that? It dates back only to 1849, and I keep
> seeing it defined by a simple cross-reference to "orient", which is a
> powerful sign of dwelling but in in the suburbs of good use.

Yup. As a Brit myself living in Rightpondia I think I'm qualified to know 
what the usage is and has been over here. That's not to say that 'orient' 
isn't becoming more common, but the longer variant was certainly established 
house style for the journal I worked for and was also in common use.

-- 
Bruce
--- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32