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Rex Hefferan
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vetdrem
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If I resided in a glass house, I would probably look up the proper use of "A" and "AN".
My biggest problem is making my fingers say what my mind is thinking.
Louie
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Rex Hefferan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: OT popular misconceptions |
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Like I said "tell me when I make one". I should have proof read my post
better as I tend to edit my text more than once and changes sometimes
leave an error like that.
Thanks
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If I resided in a glass house, I would probably look up the proper use of "A" and "AN".
My biggest problem is making my fingers say what my mind is thinking.
Louie
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Float Flyr
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: OT popular misconceptions |
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Rex
Thanks for the links Of the five basic misconceptions I know I have one...
I'm not saying which one. But it does bring to mind that sometimes we
aren't always talking about the same thing....Sort of.
Some of the guy's conceptions on electricity I do have to question though.
Light and electricity are both areas where you use the model (wave or
particle) that works for what you want to show.
Noel
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Lynn Matteson
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: OT popular misconceptions |
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Off the top of my head:
use an "a" before a word beginning with "a" consonant, and an "an"
before a word beginning with a vowel, (like "an" apple, an envelope,
an idiot, an orange, an uterus....ooops! that doesn't work, does it,
so add another sub-rule:
use an "an" if the word SOUNDS like a consonant like "you-terus"
so we have:
a tree, a runway, an airplane, a pilot, a passenger, an airport, a
gas can, a pre-flight checklist, an accident, a FFA report....did you
catch me? It should be "an" eff-FA report, shouldn't it?
Bear with me folks, I'm jus refreshing my lurnen' of da inglish lan-
guish. : )
Lynn
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Rex Hefferan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: OT popular misconceptions |
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I don't recall learning rules for much of the grammar I use, I'm sure I
did and continue to do it sub-consciously. As an adult I think I just
use what I read and parse the most common as correct. It also creates a
sense of what sounds wrong. I can't help noticing things (usually) when
they look wrong.
This nitpicking brings up an additional reason why I posted this
subject. Since it is true that mistakes in aviation can have very
dangerous consequences. In a perfect world we would be able to
constantly reinforce our "correct" knowledge of anything however we
experience it. Seeing (reading) and Hearing being the most important in
this case. With the Internet there seems to be too many people that
don't care about presenting correct information or intentionally wish to
mislead. I feel this contributes to problems in learning for the young
or foreign reader learning a new language. I once had training in proper
instruction techniques and the concepts continue to influence me. Since
we have plenty of pilots on this List which use English as a 2nd
language and may still be struggling to learn it, I hope for correctness
on this list for their benefit and those around them.
On reflection, I expect those foreign pilots are always well above
average intelligence and can look out for themselves. Never mind. 
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Lynn Matteson wrote:
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Off the top of my head:
use an "a" before a word beginning with "a" consonant, and an "an"
before a word beginning with a vowel, (like "an" apple, an envelope,
an idiot, an orange, an uterus....ooops! that doesn't work, does it,
so add another sub-rule:
use an "an" if the word SOUNDS like a consonant like "you-terus"
so we have:
a tree, a runway, an airplane, a pilot, a passenger, an airport, a
gas can, a pre-flight checklist, an accident, a FFA report....did you
catch me? It should be "an" eff-FA report, shouldn't it?
Bear with me folks, I'm jus refreshing my lurnen' of da inglish lan-
guish. : )
Lynn
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On Mar 18, 2008, at 5:33 PM, vetdrem wrote:
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> If I resided in a glass house, I would probably look up the proper
> use of "A" and "AN".
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> My biggest problem is making my fingers say what my mind is thinking.
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> Louie
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vetdrem
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: OT popular misconceptions |
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I love the internet. I googled A vs AN, and there it was, the answer to this burning question, You can learn EVERYTHING there is to know about it at http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/a-versus-an.aspx.
Now I can get back to the important things, like which prop to buy, is automotive paint suitable for our applications, to fly with the doors on or off, the cows don't care if you buzz them, why should the FAA. You know, the important "stuff"
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Lynn Matteson
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: OT popular misconceptions |
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Good job, vetdrem! And here is the key passage from my visit to that
site:
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Other letters can also be pronounced either way. Just remember it is
the sound that governs whether you use a or an, not the actual first
letter of the word.
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After that my eyes started to glaze over...
Lynn
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On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:41 AM, vetdrem wrote:
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I love the internet. I googled A vs AN, and there it was, the
answer to this burning question, You can learn EVERYTHING there is
to know about it at http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/a-versus-
an.aspx.
Now I can get back to the important things, like which prop to buy,
is automotive paint suitable for our applications, to fly with the
doors on or off, the cows don't care if you buzz them, why should
the FAA. You know, the important "stuff"
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