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Canceled vs. Cancelled #4
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Not that I can see. I've seen "cancelled" the state and "AlreadyCanceled" as an error. Precedent from other implementations might be the strongest argument. WinJS seems to use cancelled. |
Dojo uses canceled, which I picked as it was the shortest one. |
As a non native speaker, I think I've never written |
I think we can safely settle on cancellation/cancelled. It's the correct, native English spelling and I think even the Americans might spell it with two 'l's. |
It's a mix. NYT shows an order of magnitude difference, preferring "canceled": https://www.google.com/search?q=%22canceled%22%20site:nytimes.com vs https://www.google.com/search?q=%22cancelled%22%20site:nytimes.com. |
Google Trends show an inclination for "cancelled": |
Sure, but that's global. I'm presuming words in computer languages default to American English. That said, |
Please see a Microsoft implementation of Promise.cancel: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211667.aspx |
In WinJS we use 'Canceled' https://github.com/winjs/winjs/blob/master/src/js/base/promise.js#L12. We had a long debate on an internal alias years ago and settled on that. |
In cases like this, I would stick to forms with less characters. |
We'll have to pick one and stick to it. There's some nice background at http://grammarist.com/spelling/cancel/.
@domenic any leanings to one or the other in ES-discuss?
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