On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:44:09 -0800 > From: "URL J. von Palokangas" <noma...@hotmail.com> > To: Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > Subject: RE: Open Office > > > "More common plural"? That is incorrect for the following reasons: > > 1. Criteria is slang > 2. Criteria does not indicate singular or plural > > Further, I have two degrees, and I am a very good writer. What would you > call a "classical education"? > > a. College degree? > b: High school diploma? > c. High school dropout? >
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition gives "criteria" as the standard plural form. Searching the new New York Times archives: http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/criteria == 68,300 occurances http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/criterions/ == almost none, and what does show up are references to possessive forms of the Criterion theater and to the Criterion DVD collection. You can also look at the relative prevalence of each word in books, as derived from Google Books data: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=criteria%2Ccriterions&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ccriteria%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccriterions%3B%2Cc0 This is not even close to an open question. I don't know where anyone would get the absurd notion that "criteria" is a slang usage. The dictionary states otherwise and usage backs that up. As was pointed out before, users are able to add "criterions" to their custom world list so it will not be flagged as an error. Regards, -Rob > It is obvious you would prefer slang rather than common English; further, it > is obvious you are not going to > change your programming even though it uses slang. > > Earl J. Kangas > from the > People's Socialist Republic of California > > >> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:44:56 +0000 >> From: ofarr...@iol.ie >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> CC: noma...@hotmail.com >> Subject: Re: Open Office >> >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 01:39:40 -0800 >> "URL J. von Palokangas" <noma...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I have been using Apache Open Office Writer for about a month, and I have >> > a gripe and >> > a suggestion: >> > >> > GRIPE: >> > Open Office uses the incorrect slang term "Criteria" in its spell check >> > and in a couple of places in the >> > program itself. Look in the dictionary: The correct word is CRITERION >> > for a single requirement, >> > and the correct word for more than one requirement is CRITERIONS. It >> > really irritates me when >> > I'm writing a report or letter, and I use the correct word Criterion or >> > Criterions, and the spellcheck >> > marks it as an error. If you can't repair this, then I'm moving to a >> > different word processor. >> >> >> My sources suggest that CRITERIA is the more common plural (and this usually >> sits easier with those who have had a classical education); however, you can >> add your preferred spellings to a Custom dictionary, under /Tools /Options >> /Language settings /Languages /Writing aids. >> >> >> (Path from /Options is under Preferences on a mac) >> >> > >> > SUGGESTION: >> > Whenever I close a document, the program takes me back to the Open Office >> > program selection >> > menu. Why not do what MS Word does - just close the file and keep the >> > program running so I >> > can open a new file immediately instead of going out of the program and >> > then selecting it again >> > to continue working with another file. >> > >> > >> > Earl J. Kangas >> > from the >> > People's Socialist Republic of California >> > >> >> -- >> Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
