On 14/06/2015 1:01 pm, Alan Alpert wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Lorn Potter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 11/06/2015 12:36 am, Samuel Gaist wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> failed doesn't always mean there was an error with a direct relation.
>>
>> I was going to say this, but you beat me to it.
>> Also, "errored" is just wrong, "error" is also past tense.
>
> I consulted a linguist. She said that if you wanted to use error as a
> verb (it's not normally one), errored would be the past tense. But
> that it's probably not the best choice of word.

She's wrong. 'errored' is not even in the American English or the Oxford 
English dictionaries.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestions/errored
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=errored



-- 
Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, llornkcor technologies / Jolla
Qt Sensors / connectivity

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