I get it, I just hadn't gotten around to telling about my first
instructor. I had trouble with landings because on short approach he
kept telling me "Just keep it in there!" I took that to mean (I'm
somewhat literal-minded) to keep the controls right where they were.
What he actually meant was to manipulate the controls as needed to keep
the attitude and airspeed of the airplane right where they were.

Actually, with the recent "whatever" generation, I've given up on the
entire "proper language" issue. Mrs. Malaprop must have been VERY
fertile. Though I admit I still get a bit exercised over the gaffes on
TV; it seems they go out of their way to hire illiterates, especially
for writing the crawl along the lower portion of the screen.

John Lowry
Flight Physics

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"John T Lowry" wrote in message
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IRregardless? Yes, I know it's (lately) in the dictionary, but so are
a
lot of barbarisms.


You ain't gettin the point of this thread, are ya?

Anyway, the dictionary is no authority on grammar. It is more like a
newspaper; it reports common usage, but rarely passes judgment on what
is
proper.