OK I have a genuine question outside the topic of TFA. Do people really prefer "orientate" over "orient"? This pattern baffles me. You don't get out of the subway and "orientate" yourself, you "orient" yourself.
I mean I'm perfectly aware that language is a descriptive cultural process etc etc but man this bugs the crap out of me for some reason
I mean I'm perfectly aware that language is a descriptive cultural process etc etc but man this bugs the crap out of me for some reason