Judgment not judgement

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  1. man

    mansfield_red Well-Known Member

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    It's disappointing to see the BBC getting this wrong in all their online coverage
     
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    Indeed. I'd go a step further and get rid of it's biased editor.
     
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    Either is acceptable - and in fact the version with the e is the older and more ‘English’ (as opposed to American) spelling. ‘Judgment’ has been used for many a year, but the spelling of it with an e is not wrong.
     
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    mansfield_red Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps in general usage of the word (e.g. "exercising judgement") but for a legal decision it's a judgment.
     
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    agreed
     
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    Always with an E for me seeing as I was educated proper like
     
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    Seattle_Red Well-Known Member

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    Don't call for someone's head over spelling and then put a misplaced apostrophe in its.
     
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    Apologies. Do you enjoy reading her biased editorial?
     
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    Very good, M'Lud! :)
     
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    I can't stand her but she was very cutting of Johnson and his mounting list of failures in an article yesterday (I assume you mean she is pro-Tory).
     
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    I take it back. Looking back over her career she's courted controversy for being a guest speaker at a Tory conference and received death threats from Labour supporters.
     
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