From spencer.graves at pdf.com  Mon Nov 10 23:37:46 2008
From: spencer.graves at pdf.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:37:46 -0800
Subject: [Rd] typo in ?pie
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Hi, Prof. Ripley: 

      Thanks for correcting me. 

      Best Wishes,
      Spencer

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Spencer Graves wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>     The help page for 'pie' includes "judgements";  the standard 
>> spelling does not include "e", as spell checkers have informed me 
>> many times.
>>     ... in case someone wants to correct that typo.
>
> From the OED:
>
> judgement, judgment
>
>  1. a. The action of trying a cause in a court of justice; trial. (Now 
> rare or merged in 3.) Also applied to trial by battle (quot. 1377: see 
> BATTLE n. 2) or ordeal (Judgement of God).
> ...
>
> (The header of the entry means that 'judgement' is preferred but 
> 'judgment' is an alternative spelling.)
>
> So we do not want to change a preferred spelling into an alternative 
> one. (dictionary.reference.com says it is also correct in American but 
> there 'judgment' is preferred and 'judgement' is 'mainly British'.)
>
> 'British' spelling is in the majority amongst R-core, and preferred 
> for R documentation (that is in the guidelines somewhere).
>
>
>>     Best Wishes,
>>     Spencer
>>
>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)
>> i386-pc-mingw32
>>
>> locale:
>> LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United 
>> States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United 
>> States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base 
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] mgcv_1.4-1
>>
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>>
>



[Rd] typo in ?pie
Spencer Graves