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In the rooms whenever a member votes for a model for 'Viewer's Choice Vote" it shows up as "(member name) casted a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name).
Please for the love of god change it to: "(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
See excerpt below from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cast
Be Careful!
The verb cast has several other meanings. Note that for all its meanings its past tense and past participle is cast, not 'casted'.
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Please for the love of god change it to: "(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
See excerpt below from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cast
Be Careful!
The verb cast has several other meanings. Note that for all its meanings its past tense and past participle is cast, not 'casted'.
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Thanks! That "casted" has been bothering me too. 
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In the rooms whenever a member votes for a model for 'Viewer's Choice Vote" it shows up as "(member name) casted a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name).
Please for the love of god change it to: "(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
See excerpt below from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cast
Be Careful!
The verb cast has several other meanings. Note that for all its meanings its past tense and past participle is cast, not 'casted'.
Usage
Casted
The verb cast is conventionally uninflected in the past tense and as a past participle. Casted is an old formexamples are easily found in texts from every century from the 14th to the presentbut it has given way to cast in modern English. In current usage, however, casted is gaining ground, especially where cast means either (1) to assemble actors for a performance, or (2) to throw out bait and/or a lure on a fishing line. (Both these senses have extended metaphorical uses where casted is likewise used at least some of the time). Many people object to casted, but that doesnt change the fact that it is catching on and not likely to go away soon.
Examples
First, lets look at two examples of the traditional form. In this example, cast is used as a past-tense verb:
I cast my line, and sure enough he was all over it. [Colorado Angler]
And in this sentence, cast is a past participle:
Ranulph Mabier, cast ashore by one of the Channels fierce storms, comes to live with the du Frocqs [Shelf Love]
When the verb cast means to assemble a lineup of actors, the past-tense and past-participle casted is becoming more common. Here are a few examples of the word in action:
Jessica Biel, left, and Jaime Foxx, centre front, star in Garry Marshalls impressively casted romantic comedy Valentines Day. [Metro News]
The total votes casted in Uniontown on Tuesday were 1,431, which represented a turnout of 55 percent. [Associated Press via Real Clear Politics]
It has casted a pall over Delhis Games just as the problem-plagued event has begun to iron out the kinks. [Australian]
Of course, we are never required to use casted, and those who prefer the older form can go on using it, even in theater- and fishing-related contexts. Most editors around the English-speaking world still stamp it out when they see it.
more @
http://grammarist.com/usage/casted/
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Please for the love of god change it to: "(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
See excerpt below from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cast
Be Careful!
The verb cast has several other meanings. Note that for all its meanings its past tense and past participle is cast, not 'casted'.
Usage
Casted
The verb cast is conventionally uninflected in the past tense and as a past participle. Casted is an old formexamples are easily found in texts from every century from the 14th to the presentbut it has given way to cast in modern English. In current usage, however, casted is gaining ground, especially where cast means either (1) to assemble actors for a performance, or (2) to throw out bait and/or a lure on a fishing line. (Both these senses have extended metaphorical uses where casted is likewise used at least some of the time). Many people object to casted, but that doesnt change the fact that it is catching on and not likely to go away soon.
Examples
First, lets look at two examples of the traditional form. In this example, cast is used as a past-tense verb:
I cast my line, and sure enough he was all over it. [Colorado Angler]
And in this sentence, cast is a past participle:
Ranulph Mabier, cast ashore by one of the Channels fierce storms, comes to live with the du Frocqs [Shelf Love]
When the verb cast means to assemble a lineup of actors, the past-tense and past-participle casted is becoming more common. Here are a few examples of the word in action:
Jessica Biel, left, and Jaime Foxx, centre front, star in Garry Marshalls impressively casted romantic comedy Valentines Day. [Metro News]
The total votes casted in Uniontown on Tuesday were 1,431, which represented a turnout of 55 percent. [Associated Press via Real Clear Politics]
It has casted a pall over Delhis Games just as the problem-plagued event has begun to iron out the kinks. [Australian]
Of course, we are never required to use casted, and those who prefer the older form can go on using it, even in theater- and fishing-related contexts. Most editors around the English-speaking world still stamp it out when they see it.
more @
http://grammarist.com/usage/casted/
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In the rooms whenever a member votes for a model for 'Viewer's Choice Vote" it shows up as "(member name) casted a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name).
Please for the love of god change it to: "(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
See excerpt below from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cast
Be Careful!
The verb cast has several other meanings. Note that for all its meanings its past tense and past participle is cast, not 'casted'.
Thank you for pointing this out. This has now been corrected and will display as:
"(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
Ryan
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Please for the love of god change it to: "(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
See excerpt below from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cast
Be Careful!
The verb cast has several other meanings. Note that for all its meanings its past tense and past participle is cast, not 'casted'.
Thank you for pointing this out. This has now been corrected and will display as:
"(member name) cast a Viewer's Choice Vote for (model name)"
Ryan
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Adds - If we are being pedantic of grammar shouldn't it be Viewers instead of Viewer's as the apostrophe is used for contraction - in this instance Viewer's is a shortening of Viewer is
No, this is not the contraction form, but the possessive form. "Viewer's", as in "belonging to the viewer". And it should probably be "Viewers'" with the apostrophe after the s, to indicate plurality, since this "choice" is representative of the collective voice of all the viewers who chose to vote.
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No, this is not the contraction form, but the possessive form. "Viewer's", as in "belonging to the viewer". And it should probably be "Viewers'" with the apostrophe after the s, to indicate plurality, since this "choice" is representative of the collective voice of all the viewers who chose to vote.
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