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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:59:11 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
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En el artículo , Frank
Erskine escribió:

...and "orient" rather than "orientate".


Not so sure about that one.

"When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient
himself."

"When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to
orientate himself."

The first sounds better to me.


"Train station" is even worse.

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Frank Erskine