Re: [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: typofix

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 2, 2014, 18:31 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfvksav81.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140501212714.GB14441@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 10:51:19AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> > If you want to fix something here, do s/judgement/judgment/ instead.
>> 
>> That too.
>
> FWIW, neither is outright wrong; it is an America/British variation, and
> apparently dictionaries disagree on which is preferred.

My reading of various "grammar" sites was that even though variation exists[*1*], the form without 'e' is the traditionally preferred form, and that is why I said "That too".

But let's follow this one:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=judgement%20call%2C%20judgment%20call&cmpt=q

which seems to say that with 'e' is more common.

[Footnote]

*1* To Americans, the form with 'e' is abomination. Wikipedia claims that (1) without 'e' is in legal and (2) with 'e' in other contexts in British (this particular one is a non-legal use), and (3) both are equally acceptable in non-legal contexts in Austraria and Canada.