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RHP Personality Deficiencies: A Case Study

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Yes, both are correct. What's your point?
Yours is a variant; ergo, secondary. Your position of pedant is tenuous. Sharpen up, hastily.

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Yours is a variant; ergo, secondary. Your position of pedant is tenuous. Sharpen up, hastily.
As I have posted before:
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/judgement?view=uk

I don't write American English. In British English, "judgment" is the variant.

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Originally posted by Starrman
Ridiculous, they mean do not mean different thing at all. They are merely from different sides of the Atlantic. Where on earth did you come up with such a theory?
I see that on-line dictionaries list them as being the same.

However; Judgment would be incorrect when used in an American legal document.

In any event, I'm not a contestant here. I am here to use by best judgment to render a judgement.

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Originally posted by Red Night
I see that on-line dictionaries list them as being the same.

However; Judgment would be incorrect when used in an American legal document.

In any event, I'm not a contestant here. I am here to use by best judgment to render a judgement.
Nordles, as always, is correct

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Originally posted by Red Night
I see that on-line dictionaries list them as being the same.

However; Judgment would be incorrect when used in an American legal document.

In any event, I'm not a contestant here. I am here to use by best judgment to render a judgement.
I am no expert on American English, but I believe you'll find you are wrong here. Here's just one example for an American legal document using "judgment": http://www.druglibrary.org/ocbc/Legal/9th_Circuit_Appeals/2004-06-18_Judgment.pdf
You'll find many more if you google. If you search for "American legal document judgement", you'll still get the other spelling.

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Originally posted by Red Night
I see that on-line dictionaries list them as being the same.

However; Judgment would be incorrect when used in an American legal document.

In any event, I'm not a contestant here. I am here to use by best judgment to render a judgement.
Judgment is used exclusively in US Supreme Court decisions and in every court I've practiced in.

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It would appear I'm wrong.

This was something I learned (perhaps incorrectly) a long time ago.

If I have the opportunity, I will try to figure out why I'm confused and report back to you all.

EDIT: I guess what I'm thinking of is a money judgement, which may be an arcane usage.

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Originally posted by Red Night
It would appear I'm wrong.

This was something I learned (perhaps incorrectly) a long time ago.

If I have the opportunity, I will try to figure out why I'm confused and report back to you all.

EDIT: I guess what I'm thinking of is a money judgement, which may be an arcane usage.
Good heavens man, pull yourself together! 🙂

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Originally posted by Red Night
It would appear I'm wrong.

This was something I learned (perhaps incorrectly) a long time ago.

If I have the opportunity, I will try to figure out why I'm confused and report back to you all.

EDIT: I guess what I'm thinking of is a money judgement, which may be an arcane usage.
Arcane usage? Surely you mean archaic usage. Or is that usage actually magical? 🙄

(Yes I know that arcane has a secondary meaning of esoteric but still)

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Are the tw@ts about to start or what?