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bgrone
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What happened to White?
When I was in school it was Strunk & White, I guess they split an infinitive since then?
Jim in Iowa
When I was in school it was Strunk & White, I guess they split an infinitive since then?
Jim in Iowa
george minze
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Boox might be trying to out do "Thread Drift"....Still a long way to go.I'm sure geddylee won't mind......I might add geddy was awful good about the whole thing.....He joined in and seems to be no worse off...
I'm an engineer and English, spelling, grammar, and the ability to put thought to paper were every bit as important as the mechanics, science, and deduction. It was emphasized and graded as such.
Like the OP, maybe I just woke up in a crotchety mood
I understand the casual environment is different but after reading some of the responses here, I wonder if many understand the separation of the worlds. This is precisely why I don't take information for loads or other critical information from blogs
One exam I had in petroleum engineering gave many parameters about a ship's capacity, crude oil, temperatures, friction loss values, and about 2-3 other pages of variables and conditions. The question was simple. The CEO has asked you to let him know how much of the available crude from storage can be delivered using this one vessel and when can it sail.
All the math/engineering took 4-5 hours and everyone got the correct analytic answer.
Here are the results:
- The analytic answer says all the crude from the tanks will fit on the ship and it will be loaded in XX.YY hours.
- However, doing so put the ship 1 inch under water and you just lost an expensive asset.
- No one pointed that out.
- No one wrote a readable executive level response explaining the situation.
- The returned exams all had "You're FIRED" written across the top.
I see more and more in my industry the failure to look at the entire problem and the attitude that taking time to consider the entire problem is not necessary. I've seen many "sunk tankers" in the past 36 years and they are sinking more frequently. Grammar, spelling, writing, and all aspects of every problem should be considered.
There is a good moral in that exam. Everyone was given a make-up and passed. It was also explained that there are no make-ups in the real word.......
that's why first officers and tankermen look at the plimsoll mark.
Company men have sunk more ships than U boat skippers ever did.
Brian41
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I started posting on gun forums in 2000 and before spell check on my computer. I kept a dictionary next to my keyboard to check my spelling and it improved a lot because of the effort. I was raised at a time when grammar and spelling were considered important and an indicator of your education.
Now my wife with three degrees asks me how to spell words and her grammar is awful especially around her family. It irks me such things weren't a part of her college education and I think that a major problem today.
When I worked in maintenance we had a list for repairs needed first on paper and later on computer. I was appalled how many people with above average intelligence couldn't put into words what they wanted done.
My posts certainly may be incorrect but I do try just the same and sorry for my mistakes.
Now my wife with three degrees asks me how to spell words and her grammar is awful especially around her family. It irks me such things weren't a part of her college education and I think that a major problem today.
When I worked in maintenance we had a list for repairs needed first on paper and later on computer. I was appalled how many people with above average intelligence couldn't put into words what they wanted done.
My posts certainly may be incorrect but I do try just the same and sorry for my mistakes.
Jst1mr
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I hope I spelled "Boox" correctly while updating my Ignore List.
HOUSTON RICK
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Sometimes I just need to finish that post when my prostate calls and I make a typo or in two in all the rush and excitement. At those times minor spelling errors just seem to fade to insignificance.
Mule88
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"Im not a very smart man Jenny, but I do know how to spell Boolit"
This one has pretty much run it's course...
Suffice it to say that while many posts approach insult, I'm still laughing, some of the rationalizations are humorous, and funny.
The concept is still that I(just me) find spelling an important part of my overall impression of you, and you of me, I'm not OCD, I may be a "nit-picker" but that is how I see it.
I will continue to read, absorb and utilize information here, and I will also continue to skip over comments that are unreadable, in my mind, due to their poor spelling, run on sentences, etc.
To those who are or were offended by my comments , too bad, to those who want to ignore me, no loss, thanx (spelled that way on purpose, again) to those who agree and to those who chose to PM me with support. To those who seem to think it's OK to mock me, go for it, I'm not too thin skinned.
I said what I had to say and that all I'm gonna(spelled this way to make it easier for some of you to read)say...NUFF SAID
And, BTW, Boox(Books, Booker, Bookworm, based on my last name) has been my nickname since I was old enough to remember, it's now Big Boox in most cases, due to the fact that I have doubled in size since I was 12, but that's more real information than you really need.
Suffice it to say that while many posts approach insult, I'm still laughing, some of the rationalizations are humorous, and funny.
The concept is still that I(just me) find spelling an important part of my overall impression of you, and you of me, I'm not OCD, I may be a "nit-picker" but that is how I see it.
I will continue to read, absorb and utilize information here, and I will also continue to skip over comments that are unreadable, in my mind, due to their poor spelling, run on sentences, etc.
To those who are or were offended by my comments , too bad, to those who want to ignore me, no loss, thanx (spelled that way on purpose, again) to those who agree and to those who chose to PM me with support. To those who seem to think it's OK to mock me, go for it, I'm not too thin skinned.
I said what I had to say and that all I'm gonna(spelled this way to make it easier for some of you to read)say...NUFF SAID
And, BTW, Boox(Books, Booker, Bookworm, based on my last name) has been my nickname since I was old enough to remember, it's now Big Boox in most cases, due to the fact that I have doubled in size since I was 12, but that's more real information than you really need.
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wittmeba
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"a slide ruler"
Since you posted...I heard a rule - "Never swat flies with a slide rule!".
Me, learning from experience, now I know why
george minze
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I hope you are right about "this one running it's course" However running it's course is not in your hands.....Look up "thread drift" 2500+ and still a front page thread.....BTW have a nice day. Good people belong on this site....Very little venom. However we do have some very witty and extremely intelligent folks. Some like myself are from the old second party police report days. It is very difficult to change after forty + years on the job....If you don't know what a second party report is or was, you are probably under 50 years old......CHOW
DeathGrip
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No you don't,
Just like "spellin an puntuation" rants have rules to. Read your hand book. It in the ferst chaptor.
george minze
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Did someone say CHOW?!
UNDER THE TABLE...
MOONDAWG
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jtcarm
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Yeah same here with the pudgy fingers. The majority of my posts are from my phone, which is really bad when combined with suggestive-typing or whatever it's called.
Sorry, but I'm not submitting masters theses when posting, so I ain't proof-readin. Don't read if you don't like, I could not care less.
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Ich bin in ein keine--er, I definitely am glad I'm speaking the Southern version------thnks to you Gents.
PS last night showed an excellent documentary about our guys hitting Omaha and Utah beaches. Some of the footage I've never seen before.....I saw too many of our guys no longer living.
and after seeing all those white crosses....didn't leave my eyes dry. One thing I'll have to do before all is said and done for me.is to visit those graves as well as 3rd Army Cemetery.
Reminds me that when I'd see one of those "If you can read this, thank a teacher," signs. I'd add, "and if you can read this in english, thank my Dad, he's buried in Arlington with full honors as a war hero."
