CFIs: THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE!

wrote:

I do not
countenance sloppy work, or sloppy writing. In many cases its just
being lazy and I won't stand for that either. Makes me real unpopular

Normally I wouldn't point out an error this minor, but considering the
nature of the topic and the fact that the same error occurs at least
twice in your post I thought it worthwhile. The contraction of "it is"
to "it's" requires an apostrophe. The string "its" indicates
posession, which from context above is not what you mean.
:
Jim Rosinski

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

On 30 Jan 2005 13:57:34 -0800, "jim rosinski"
wrote:

wrote:

I do not
countenance sloppy work, or sloppy writing. In many cases its just
being lazy and I won't stand for that either. Makes me real unpopular

Normally I wouldn't point out an error this minor, but considering the
nature of the topic and the fact that the same error occurs at least
twice in your post I thought it worthwhile. The contraction of "it is"
to "it's" requires an apostrophe. The string "its" indicates
posession, which from context above is not what you mean.
:
Jim Rosinski

I hesitate to point out a flaw for fear of falling victim to this
myself - but - in the above, you have managed to mangle the word
"possession".

Better luck next time.

Klein

Klein wrote:

I hesitate to point out a flaw for fear of falling victim to this
myself - but - in the above, you have managed to mangle the word
"possession".

Guilty as charged. But I think misspellings that don't confuse the
reader are less serious than grammar errors that do, like the "lose"
vs. "loose" thing, or "its" vs. "it's" where actual meaning is changed.

Better luck next time.
:
Is that level of snideness really appropriate here?

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.)

Aw SHADDAP!! : )



--
Dave A
Aging Student Pilot

"jim rosinski" wrote in message
oups.com...
Dave A. wrote:

I think there is a bit of fear that when you explain something to
people and they sit there not having a clue as to what you are
saying they loose their credibility.

In this of all threads, please tell us that you understand the
difference between "loose" and "lose". "Loosing one's credibility"
means unleashing it, which I think is the opposite of what you mean to
say!

Jim Rosinski

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!

Janet says none of the Wisconsin colleges she is aware of have any such
union or Faculty Association. Thanks for the thoughts. Myself, I was
absolutely appalled that they'd terminate her like that, with no counseling
, remedial training, discussion or anything.
Tying this back into our aviation group here, this situation has
definitely put a delay on our ultimate goal of buying our own airplane.
We were getting into the advanced contemplation stages...
Scott Wilson