CFIs: THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE!

Either English construction is different in Canada or your sentence below
could use some smithing. I don't know what an "and English teacher" is.

Jim


"Jeff Shirton" wrote in message
...

What's worse,
one of my colleagues, and English teacher, didn't notice anything
wrong with it either.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...

Either English construction is different in Canada or your sentence below
could use some smithing. I don't know what an "and English teacher" is.

Do you even know what a "typo" is?

In contrast, perhaps you could explain "smithing", as the topic of
discussion has nothing to do with metal-working.

Have a nice day... g

Jim

--
Jeff Shirton jshirton at cogeco dot
ca

Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below
and smite thee. - William Kershner
Challenge me (Theophilus) for a game of chess at Chessworld.net!

Jeff Shirton wrote:
"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...

Either English construction is different in Canada or your sentence
below could use some smithing. I don't know what an "and English
teacher" is.

Do you even know what a "typo" is?

In contrast, perhaps you could explain "smithing", as the topic of
discussion has nothing to do with metal-working.

From Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:

smith: 2: MAKER -- often used in combination gunsmith tunesmith

They even have an entry under "wordsmith", so I think Jim's use was
justified and understandable.

Honestly though, I was hesitant to jump into this thread at all because
of exactly the possibility you mention above--chastising someone for
bad grammar when it was really just a typo.
:
Jim Rosinski

in article , Jeff Shirton at
wrote on 1/30/05 2:33 PM:

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...

Either English construction is different in Canada or your sentence below
could use some smithing. I don't know what an "and English teacher" is.

Do you even know what a "typo" is?

In contrast, perhaps you could explain "smithing", as the topic of
discussion has nothing to do with metal-working.

Have a nice day... g

Speaking of typos, did you know that the quote from William Kershner in your
sig contains one?

(Sorry, I just had to join in this fun little game of pointing out other
people's errors.)

Either English construction is different in Canada or your sentence below
could use some smithing. I don't know what an "and English teacher" is.

Do you even know what a "typo" is?

Of course I do. Even teaching electronics technology, my students get a
point lopped off for each grammar or spelling error. I do it day in and day
out and have done so for 25 years. Considering that the original post had
to do with students being penalized for sloppy work, I thought it quite
appropriate.


In contrast, perhaps you could explain "smithing", as the topic of
discussion has nothing to do with metal-working.

As others have pointed out, "smithing" has no direct connection to metal
working. It is a generic term used to denote a skill in a particular area,
in this case, grammarsmithing, a subset of wordsmithing.


Have a nice day... g

I always do. You too. By the way, the quote below is "... LEST the earth
come from below... ."

{;-)

Jim



Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below
and smite thee. - William Kershner
Challenge me (Theophilus) for a game of chess at Chessworld.net!