This is refreshing for me as well. It is so rare to see someone in these comment sections (not only this one) who doesn't blow up over some small, usually well intended, constructive criticism. Kudos to you Sir.
It appears that this site attracts a higher level of bipedal, hairless hominid than about 99.9?% (not counting myself as that would be rude) of the entire WWW. It's like a cyber oasis. 'course the smile evoked by the emu and goose playing grab ass alone is worth the price of membership.
Growing up our father used to correct our use of language all the time. Sometimes mom did too. Then I started with my children and mentioned it's demeaning to your intelligence and to my acute hearing to mimic poor use of words. Truly I will never accommodate "ain't got no". Mistakes in writing like-sounding words - there, their, theyтАЩre are common. IтАЩm guilty of that because my proofing entails reading what I тАШthoughtтАЩ I wrote. James, you are off the hook!
Many written formats like MS Word use an auto-correct function, which I often stubbornly override. But this feature does little to teach us.
Perhaps one day Mr. Gates will roll out an AI correction device for vocalized communication. Little electric shocks administered through our collars. He'll really teach us good. ZZZZZT. I mean well.
Language is a rich art. I always thought I had a pretty good command, but in these last ten years or so, I've often resorted to checking usage rules, only to find that I've been making mistakes all this time.
Even the great ones weren't perfect. If you go back and read "The Great Gatsby," you'll see characters who said "could of" instead of "could have." And Fitzgerald's not alone.
"The most prevalent inadequacy found in our audits is the failure to recognize that timely production of high quality components requires almost infinite capacity for painstaking care and attention to detail by all elements of the organization, both management and non-management.тАЭ
--'The Never Ending Challenge', 44th Annual National Metals Congress, New York, 29 October 1962
I'm a life-long reader and generally clock about 1200 hours/year online and the old analog book things. After over 3/4 century, I've developed advanced CRS and if I don't write things down, they evaporate.
That's great! And so appropriate to come from someone like an auditor that's getting paid for it. That must have been a creative mind to come up with that.
From 1962? Well, that makes me feel a little better. If we've been dealing with those 'troubles' since at least then, we're probably still going to be able to cope.
If CRS is what I think it is, sorry to see that it's advanced. I think my whole family lives with it. We keep 3M in the black, I'm sure. (post-it-notes EVERYWHERE) My Mom always said a sure-fire way to remember something or where something was left, is to go look in the fridge. That's obviously 'something or somewhere else' than what I wanted to remember, and while there, it should come to me.
Short description is that my mind is like an infinite number of scraps of paper in a wind tunnel (true Random Access Memory) and sometimes I can just snatch the thought out of the maelstrom immediately or in 20 minutes or 2 days. Like you, I have notes on paper, but very few post-it-notes, just two piles on either side of my monitor stand for immediate and for long term, a "Quotes" file, and to do and appts. is MS Outlook.
ThatтАЩs funny I spelled it that way at first and asked my wife if it was bare and she said yes!!!! So itтАЩs her fault. I will switch it, I love learning!!!
James, it's "they're" not "their".
"...too much for their spouse or their children to bare."
Yeah and it's "bear" not "bare".
"Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies"
--June Casagrande
...and to flagellate a deceased equine,
"Try a Little Tenderness"
"...It's not just sentimental, she has her grief and her care
But a word that's soft and gentle makes it easier to bear"
Thank you Jim corrected!!!
This is refreshing for me as well. It is so rare to see someone in these comment sections (not only this one) who doesn't blow up over some small, usually well intended, constructive criticism. Kudos to you Sir.
It appears that this site attracts a higher level of bipedal, hairless hominid than about 99.9?% (not counting myself as that would be rude) of the entire WWW. It's like a cyber oasis. 'course the smile evoked by the emu and goose playing grab ass alone is worth the price of membership.
Retired teacher? It's a never-ending job. Weaker people eventually give up.
Growing up our father used to correct our use of language all the time. Sometimes mom did too. Then I started with my children and mentioned it's demeaning to your intelligence and to my acute hearing to mimic poor use of words. Truly I will never accommodate "ain't got no". Mistakes in writing like-sounding words - there, their, theyтАЩre are common. IтАЩm guilty of that because my proofing entails reading what I тАШthoughtтАЩ I wrote. James, you are off the hook!
Many written formats like MS Word use an auto-correct function, which I often stubbornly override. But this feature does little to teach us.
Perhaps one day Mr. Gates will roll out an AI correction device for vocalized communication. Little electric shocks administered through our collars. He'll really teach us good. ZZZZZT. I mean well.
Language is a rich art. I always thought I had a pretty good command, but in these last ten years or so, I've often resorted to checking usage rules, only to find that I've been making mistakes all this time.
Even the great ones weren't perfect. If you go back and read "The Great Gatsby," you'll see characters who said "could of" instead of "could have." And Fitzgerald's not alone.
Just be sure you aren't using too new a source for verifying the rules. I wouldn't trust some of them.
Defeating MS WordтАЩs auto-correct is my act of rebellion.
Just turn it off.
How do you like "preventative"?
It fits right in with the idea to preventate mechanical failure by using proper maintainanence procedures.
Using the correct torquation for all attachmentative hardware is critical.
I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee at that moment. Military or industrial sector? You've been included in my 740 page (and growing) "Quotes" file.
Military, manufacturing, educational mgmt, then back to manufacturing.
740 pages?! WOW!
If it's manufacturing, you may like this one:
"The most prevalent inadequacy found in our audits is the failure to recognize that timely production of high quality components requires almost infinite capacity for painstaking care and attention to detail by all elements of the organization, both management and non-management.тАЭ
--'The Never Ending Challenge', 44th Annual National Metals Congress, New York, 29 October 1962
I'm a life-long reader and generally clock about 1200 hours/year online and the old analog book things. After over 3/4 century, I've developed advanced CRS and if I don't write things down, they evaporate.
That's great! And so appropriate to come from someone like an auditor that's getting paid for it. That must have been a creative mind to come up with that.
From 1962? Well, that makes me feel a little better. If we've been dealing with those 'troubles' since at least then, we're probably still going to be able to cope.
If CRS is what I think it is, sorry to see that it's advanced. I think my whole family lives with it. We keep 3M in the black, I'm sure. (post-it-notes EVERYWHERE) My Mom always said a sure-fire way to remember something or where something was left, is to go look in the fridge. That's obviously 'something or somewhere else' than what I wanted to remember, and while there, it should come to me.
Short description is that my mind is like an infinite number of scraps of paper in a wind tunnel (true Random Access Memory) and sometimes I can just snatch the thought out of the maelstrom immediately or in 20 minutes or 2 days. Like you, I have notes on paper, but very few post-it-notes, just two piles on either side of my monitor stand for immediate and for long term, a "Quotes" file, and to do and appts. is MS Outlook.
Best use is by planned parenthood's "how to plan your family" . . . it is meant to prevent a failure just like Mike's post.
I actually like it, it makes me think and I learn. ItтАЩs like a double bonus!!
That's very refreshing! :-) Thanks!
Retired teacher here too, and itтАЩs bear not bare, but thatтАЩs what happens when we use dictation!
ThatтАЩs funny I spelled it that way at first and asked my wife if it was bare and she said yes!!!! So itтАЩs her fault. I will switch it, I love learning!!!