The Need For An English Lesson Is Apparent

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Ok....

Normally, I'm not one to preach, chastise, or rant. But I do have one pet peeve, the mis-use of homonymn words. For example: to, too, and two. Especially from a group that should be more astute.

So to help us all out, here is a list that I want all of you to refer to, frequently, while posting on POA. Please pay particular attention to then/than, peace/piece, and to/two/too. Think of it :rolleyes: as being in the same spirit as Bill O'Reily's "Word for the day" segment. Thank you for your cooperation! :D

http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html
 
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and we have spell checkers not grammar checkers in our web browsers.
 
FlySince9 said:
C'mon Ya'll... It's in the spirit of self improvement... Be you a Pilot, Tinker, or Mason. What you put to pen tells a lot about you. We rely too much on technology...
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Ain't got no pin to right with. Just pancils and kraons and finger pwaints. They rite on walls and winders better than that expansive paper stuff.

Actually people keep telling me that I'm not using enough technology.


You do of course realize that starting this kind of thread on a webboard is the equivalent of standing up at a comedian show to haggle the comic that is ragging on the audience. Here's your sign: "PICK ON ME" :lol:
 
I poled back on it's yolk but the plain still went into a decent and I almost crashed write in to the hanger.

My pet peeve is still effect/affect misuse.
 
Every won should reed this. Its true and its funny.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

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fgcason said:
Ain't got no pin to right with. Just pancils and kraons and finger pwaints. They rite on walls and winders better than that expansive paper stuff.

Actually people keep telling me that I'm not using enough technology.


You do of course realize that starting this kind of thread on a webboard is the equivalent of standing up at a comedian show to haggle the comic that is ragging on the audience. Here's your sign: "PICK ON ME" :lol:
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Four those of yue whom agree, I say, "Go head, tro yur eggs!"

If you can't beet em.... :drool:
 
I've waisted enough time on this. Thyme to go to the airport, pull the chalks, release the breaks, pull back on the yolk, and commit some flying.
 
Rather than attempting to make people spell correctly, you would have better luck petitioning to make English spelling more logical and consistent.

In other words, you have no chance at all of fixing this problem.
 
One of the most important things about flying is to always be sure you know where you are at.
 
Even though I am too new here to participate, I feel I need to add what I just learned. A new sentence. "I was aweful when I saw the awful offal.":goofy:
 
Pilots speak well English. Gooder than most.
 
FlySince9 said:
Ok....

Normally, I'm not one to preach, chastise, or rant. But I do have one pet peeve, the mis-use of homonymn words. For example: to, too, and two. Especially from a group that should be more astute.

So to help us all out, here is a list that I want all of you to refer to, frequently, while posting on POA. Please pay particular attention to then/than, peace/piece, and to/two/too. Think of it :rolleyes: as being in the same spirit as Bill O'Reily's "Word for the day" segment. Thank you for your cooperation! :D

http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html
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Looks to me like your suggestion just went over everybody's head. As and engineer, I can't spell, and don't know much about sentence construction. I do try very hard to use good english, both writing and speaking. I think corruption of our language causes many problems communicating. I certainly wish our schools would do a better job of teaching. My Grand
Daughters are terrible, and any suggestion of corrections result in the same response as the people on this thread. As Bruce would say, "sigh".
 
This weekend I went on a flight with a "young" pilot (he was married, had two kids, and was in his mid-thirties - which - to me - is young for aviation, and he's been a pilot since high school).

We had never met and were going to another airport to pick up a non-pilot passenger. Neither one of us had met her either, but he commented that her emails and texts told him something about her. I asked what he meant, and he told me she used "u" instead of "you" and all the other "slang" that has become widespread.

Both he and I agreed that we try to use full sentences, and words, even in text messages.
 
FlySince9 said:
Ok....

Normally, I'm not one to preach, chastise, or rant. But I do have one pet peeve, the mis-use of homonymn words. For example: to, too, and two. Especially from a group that should be more astute.

So to help us all out, here is a list that I want all of you to refer to, frequently, while posting on POA. Please pay particular attention to then/than, peace/piece, and to/two/too. Think of it :rolleyes: as being in the same spirit as Bill O'Reily's "Word for the day" segment. Thank you for your cooperation! :D

http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html
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Better proofread carefully when you post a complaint about others' spelling! :)
 
Ah well, one man's syntax is another man's sin tax...

But then, has anyone found true North lately?

denny-o
(the son of an English teacher)
 
Palmpilot said:
Better proofread carefully when you post a complaint about others' spelling! :)
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That is exactly the reason I don't, normally, preach, chastise, or rant. No one is perfect, especially me. Usually, as soon as you point out someone's fault(s), yours come glaringly clear soon after. That said, a mis-spelling here or there is a matter of single events that may or may not occur because the author doesn't know the correct spelling. Could be a typo; Could be a "Senior Moment." (Besides, I think they used to spell it with an "n" when I was in third grade :idea::D) Mis-use of homonyms, on the other hand, in my opinion, occurs because the author truly never learned/retained the correct meaning of each homonym. And that, unfortunately, works to harm the credibility of the author IMHO.
 
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FlySince9 said:
That is exactly the reason I don't, normally, preach, chastise, or rant. No one is perfect, especially me. Usually, as soon as you point out someone's fault(s), yours come glaringly clear soon after. That said, a mis-spelling here or there is a matter of single events that may or may not occur because the author doesn't know the correct spelling. Could be a typo; Could be a "Senior Moment." (Besides, I think they used to spell it with an "n" when I was in third grade :idea::D) Mis-use of homonyms, on the other hand, in my opinion, occurs because the author truly never learned/retained the correct meaning of each homonym. And that, unfortunately, works to harm the credibility of the author IMHO.
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Thanks for providing me with a ongoing 'out' to all my spelling and grammer mistakes.... From this point on I will take the "senior moment" defense.:yesnod:

Ben.
 
N801BH said:
Thanks for providing me with a ongoing 'out' to all my spelling and grammer mistakes.... From this point on I will take the "senior moment" defense.:yesnod:

Ben.
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Glad I could help... You'll find that defense works in all kinds of situations... I use it pretty often...:D
 
And then there is the Wurst...

Anyway, the English language is regular with exceptions - and everything is an exception...
It is a horror story for adults from other languages attempting to learn English from scratch... I have dealt with the residents at the hospital from other countries... These are smart people with advanced education and multiple degrees and they tell me that learning English is the hardest thing they have done... Especially our slang and puns... Many languages do not have the syntax and structure for puns the way English does... Their language is regular with a rigid sentence structure with a dependency grammar and changing word position changes the meaning - mostly to nonsense... Whereas in English you can scramble noun and verb and predicate - like Yoda, talk you do - and it still makes sense (to us at least)...

denny-o
 
FlySince9 said:
That is exactly the reason I don't, normally, preach, chastise, or rant. No one is perfect, especially me. Usually, as soon as you point out someone's fault(s), yours come glaringly clear soon after. That said, a mis-spelling here or there is a matter of single events that may or may not occur because the author doesn't know the correct spelling. Could be a typo; Could be a "Senior Moment." (Besides, I think they used to spell it with an "n" when I was in third grade :idea::D) Mis-use of homonyms, on the other hand, in my opinion, occurs because the author truly never learned/retained the correct meaning of each homonym. And that, unfortunately, works to harm the credibility of the author IMHO.
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I disagree.
I "know my homonyms," but sometimes mistype them - perhaps because I tend to "hear" the words in my head as I'm typing them.
 
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