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I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST) | I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST) | ||
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| + | : I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. [[User:Vaxorcist|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist|talk]]) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST) | ||
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| + | :: FWIW, Wikipedia uses 'Correction' too. I wonder why I used 'Correcting'? Ah, I see, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/disc/rp04/DEC11-HRJPA-B-D_RJP04_Disk_Subsystem_Maintenance_Aug74.pdf DEC11-HRJPA-B-D] uses 'Correcting' (1.5.3); so that's probably the form I saw initially. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:38, 22 August 2022 (CEST) | ||
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| + | ::: There is more than one example where DEC was not consistent ... [[User:Vaxorcist|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist|talk]]) 22:05, 22 August 2022 (CEST) | ||
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Correction/correcting
I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? Jnc (talk) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)
- I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. Vaxorcist (talk) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST)
- FWIW, Wikipedia uses 'Correction' too. I wonder why I used 'Correcting'? Ah, I see, DEC11-HRJPA-B-D uses 'Correcting' (1.5.3); so that's probably the form I saw initially. Jnc (talk) 21:38, 22 August 2022 (CEST)
