ne Look at the bright side!
> He wrote a NOVEL OMG! That's brilliant!
>
> Grammar or spelling incorrect? Blah, that's what editors are for :)
>
> Now when is it gonna be published?!?!?!
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
No come one Look at the bright side!
He wrote a NOVEL OMG! That's brilliant!
Grammar or spelling incorrect? Blah, that's what editors are for :)
Now when is it gonna be published?!?!?!
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Homonyms. Bla
>Eminem?
>> Homonyms. Blah! My son wrote an entire 180K word novel and misused
>> almost every single homonym.
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I believe she calls him. And he avoids her calls.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wish. Eminem probably doesn't call his mom asking for money on a
> weekly basis.
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Eminem?
>
~
I wish. Eminem probably doesn't call his mom asking for money on a
weekly basis.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eminem?
>
> 2008/11/6 Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Homonyms. Blah! My son wrote an entire 180K word novel and misused
>> almost every single homo
Eminem?
2008/11/6 Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Homonyms. Blah! My son wrote an entire 180K word novel and misused
> almost every single homonym.
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18 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> That's cool. It's just that spelling lose as loose is my all time
>> number one forever pet peeve with Internet posts. Seeing it twice in
>> one thr
HS english.
i my best marvin voice.. "a brain the size of a planet, and you want me
to.."
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I agree with Dana. Word does very well in picking out my spelling errors,
but I often have sentence fragments, and when I use the suggestion, it
totally screws up my document, especially my resume and a book I am writing.
So I pretty much ignor the grammar part of it and just rely on my HS english
my resume as fragmented sentences.
>
> On 8/1/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:16 PM
> > > To: CF-Community
> >
ces.
>
> On 8/1/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:16 PM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Re: grammar
>
yeh i word 2007
it just underlines every thing in my resume as fragmented sentences.
On 8/1/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:16 PM
> > To: CF-C
> -Original Message-
> From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:16 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: grammar
>
> what version of Word are you running? Cause mine flags what it thinks
> are grammar errors. It is often wrong,
On 8/1/07, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ok i suck
> never know where were to use their or there.
>
> ms word dosnt really care or help.
> is there another way to check your stuff/text online?
http://www.apstylebook.com/
Not exactly real time but the AP Stylebook will give you some r
what version of Word are you running? Cause mine flags what it thinks
are grammar errors. It is often wrong, but it should be able to catch
the difference between there (vs. here) and their (not you). You'd
think that having the wrong one of those would make the verb wrong or
something.
On 8
ok i suck
never know where were to use their or there.
ms word dosnt really care or help.
is there another way to check your stuff/text online?
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>From a story linked off of CFlex.net
"generally speaking the more memory you give the VM, the more
performant it will be. "
So, my VM will magically be transformed into an actor? Err wait, I
want mine to be an actress. Heck I've already got my dos prompt
rewritten to say :
"what do you reques
> gMoney wrote:
> The one that's been bugging me lately is a spoken one, and it's amazingly
> common: Putting "me" before another person when beginning a sentence...such
> as "Me and Tom went fishing"
>
Especially because it's easy to remember: you wouldn't say, "me went
fishing" you'd say, "I
n the intro. course on Property, although Contracts was a close second.
>
>
>
> On 7/28/06, Jerry wrote:
> >
> > 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
> > http://art
y. That was part of why I
> left law school- I've never read such boring, long-winded sh!t in my life as
> in the intro. course on Property, although Contracts was a close second.
>
>
>
> On 7/28/06, Jerry wrote:
> >
> > 10 flagrant grammar mistakes th
cond.
On 7/28/06, Jerry wrote:
>
> 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10881-6075621.html
>
> Yep.
>
> Jerry.
>
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~~~
On 7/29/06, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My old boss was a stickler for the AP style book. Get that book, and you'll
> never make another grammar mistake again. Like time stamps as one example.
> it's "a.m. p.m." NOT AM PM at best you could use
My old boss was a stickler for the AP style book. Get that book, and you'll
never make another grammar mistake again. Like time stamps as one example.
it's "a.m. p.m." NOT AM PM at best you could use A.M. P.M.
--
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Web Applications Developer
Ph: 518 743-9424 F
I confess to being a grammar Nazi.
The loose for lose thing drives me nuts. The misused homonyms too.
My son wrote a 130,000 word novel and almost every homonym he used was
wrong. I am very glad he has a copy editor.
On 7/28/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 10 flagran
Jerry Johnson wrote:
> 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10881-6075621.html
In writing, those are all unforgivable except I can let people go for
"e.g.' versus "i.e.".. I know it's not right,
Another one:
"Man, we were up till like 4 A.M. in the morning playing poker!"
I'm really no angel when it comes to grammar, but man, there's casual
slang and then there's butchery.
William Bowen wrote:
>> (e.g., "This shirt needs washed")
>
>
*had* to say something. Yea, that was a fun night. :)
>
> Jerry Johnson wrote:
> > 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
> > http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10881-6075621.html
> >
> > Yep.
> >
> > Jerry.
> >
> >
>
my current favorite is 'performant' e.g. "This code is not performant"
Correct, the code is not a performant, but not for the reasons you think.
On 7/28/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
> http
gh that
I *had* to say something. Yea, that was a fun night. :)
Jerry Johnson wrote:
> 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10881-6075621.html
>
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10881-6075621.html
Yep.
Jerry.
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Well, from what I have read today,
DSNs for plural
DSNs' for plural posessive
D.S.N.'s for plural with punctuation within
Ph.D's
On 3/22/06, Ken Fused <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This HAS bothered me for sometime too. ;P
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This HAS bothered me for sometime too. ;P
> This is bothered me for sometime and it would be nice to know an
> answer, if one exists.
>
> If one is using an acronym; DSN, DNS, ISSR (IS Service Request, a
> local acronym of BloodSource) for example and one wants to express
> these as a plural,
Well I suppose it depends on what reference you check. I looked at the
Chicago Manual of Style.
On 3/22/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I always thought DSN's was the accepted style -- i.e. 3rd rule for the
> apostrophe being to pluralize an acronym (even though it indicates
> pos
DSNs is what I ill use. However my spelling and punctuation are both
horrible.
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-Original Message-
From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:04 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: For you grammar types.
This is
I always thought DSN's was the accepted style -- i.e. 3rd rule for the
apostrophe being to pluralize an acronym (even though it indicates
posessive on non acronyms). Maybe I'm just horribly confused. :) Maybe
we need a new puntuation rule -- acronyms are pluralized with
apostrophe-i ... DSN'i. :P
Technically it shouldn't have an apostrophe. In informal writing
though, it's not like communication is hampered, so I don't sweat it.
If it's for something official, say a press release or in a marketing
brochure, then I would get it right. And unless you're targetting a
very industry savvy audien
My guess would be that you don't pluralize, since
IS Service Request and
IS Service Reuests
would have the same acronymn.
With that said, I usually use DSNs (since 's implies posessive or
substitution for missing letters.). But in cases were the case is
lower, or I forget, I sometimes use the 's
While no expert, I'd think that the proper way is w/out the apostrophe,
because the apostrophe usually indicates possession, not plurality.
Ian Skinner wrote:
> This is bothered me for sometime and it would be nice to know an answer, if
> one exists.
>
> If one is using an acronym; DSN, DNS, IS
This is bothered me for sometime and it would be nice to know an answer, if one
exists.
If one is using an acronym; DSN, DNS, ISSR (IS Service Request, a local acronym
of BloodSource) for example and one wants to express these as a plural, is
there a correct way to do this? And does it involve
A path from a point approximately 330 metres east of the most south-westerly
corner of 17 Batherton Close, Widnes and approximately 208 metres
east-south-east of the most southerly corner of Unit 3 Foundry Industrial
Estate, Victoria Street, Widnes, proceeding in a generally east-north-easterly
>That sounds really... good... to me. :)
if only they let you in the men's locker room you perv! ;-)
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Maybe its too small to grab? Not long enough to aim?
-Original Message-
From: Chris Stoner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:07 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad grammar
What about the guy you puts his hands behind his
05 2:09 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad grammar
>
>That sounds really... good... to me. :)
>
>> On that same theme, guys at the gym who shower without closing the
>> shower curtain. The curtain is there for a reason, duh! This is the
I think he's referring to the 90-yo guy with his nut sack hanging around
knee-level. Still sound good?
-Original Message-
From: Jillian Koskie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 2:09 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad gr
Dude flashbacks...thanks
On 12/8/05, Chris Stoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thats because you haven't seen the guy. He is usually 78 years old and very
> hairy in all the wrong places.
>
> On 12/8/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > That sounds really... good... to me. :)
>
horn dog :P
Come to me i will satisfy your female lust.
On 12/8/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That sounds really... good... to me. :)
>
> > On that same theme, guys at the gym who shower without closing the
> > shower curtain. The curtain is there for a reason, duh! This is the
: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad grammar
Thats because you haven't seen the guy. He is usually 78 years old and very
hairy in all the wrong places.
On 12/8/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That sounds really... good... to me. :)
>
> > On that s
Thats because you haven't seen the guy. He is usually 78 years old and very
hairy in all the wrong places.
On 12/8/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That sounds really... good... to me. :)
>
> > On that same theme, guys at the gym who shower without closing the
> > shower curtain.
That sounds really... good... to me. :)
> On that same theme, guys at the gym who shower without closing the
> shower curtain. The curtain is there for a reason, duh! This is the
> same set of guys that walks around naked throughout the locker room
> and stands next to you at the urinal. Very a
What about the guy you puts his hands behind his head or on his hips while
he is urinating. What's that about? Grab a hold and aim goddamn it!
On 12/8/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On that same theme, guys at the gym who shower without closing the shower
> curtain. The curtain i
They just think they have nice junk so they want to show it off. And
in reality most of them have tiny junk so you should point and laugh
next time.
And be like jesus you're gay right? becuase no self respecting woman
would enjoy that.
On 12/8/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >People
>People who use the urinal next to me.
>when they should skip one over...
On that same theme, guys at the gym who shower without closing the shower
curtain. The curtain is there for a reason, duh! This is the same set of guys
that walks around naked throughout the locker room and stands next to
don't you mean touché
:P
On 12/8/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> aha! touche.
>
> Robyn wrote:
> >>
> >>People who won't give me money when I asked them nicely.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Mixing tenses is a pet peeve, huh? You'd never know!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
~~~
aha! touche.
Robyn wrote:
>>
>>People who won't give me money when I asked them nicely.
>>
>>
>
>
> Mixing tenses is a pet peeve, huh? You'd never know!
>
> :-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>People who won't give me money when I asked them nicely.
>
>
Mixing tenses is a pet peeve, huh? You'd never know!
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as a Canadian I line up.
larry
On 12/8/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I enqueue. :-P FILO!
>
> --Ben
>
> Sam wrote:
> > People that see a line and get IN it instead of getting ON the end.
> >
> > On 12/8/05, Ray Champagne wrote:
> >
> >>If it is, I'll re-iterate with a qualifier:
> >
I enqueue. :-P FILO!
--Ben
Sam wrote:
> People that see a line and get IN it instead of getting ON the end.
>
> On 12/8/05, Ray Champagne wrote:
>
>>If it is, I'll re-iterate with a qualifier:
>>
>>Americans who use "on line" instead of "in line". "While I was waiting on
>>line at the bank"
People that see a line and get IN it instead of getting ON the end.
On 12/8/05, Ray Champagne wrote:
> If it is, I'll re-iterate with a qualifier:
>
> Americans who use "on line" instead of "in line". "While I was waiting on
> line at the bank"
>
> :)
>
~~
I like this one better:
http://flasharcade.com/game.php?urinal&2
> -Original Message-
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:16 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad grammar
>
> h
+1
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:58 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad grammar
>
> People who use the urinal next to me.
> when t
http://www.drinknation.com/urinaltest.php
On 12/8/05, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> People who use the urinal next to me.
> when they should skip one over...
>
>
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lol perhaps you are just dead sexy and they want to stare at your meat :P
On 12/8/05, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> People who use the urinal next to me.
> when they should skip one over...
>
>
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Did you at least ask George Michael for his autograph?
--- On Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:58 PM, Paul Ihrig scribed: ---
>
> People who use the urinal next to me.
> when they should skip one over...
>
>
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> From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> People who write lists of things that annoy them.
ahem.
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peakers?
>
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:30 AM
>>To: CF-Community
>>Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad grammar
>>
>>People who stand too close
Isn't the "on line" thing something that is really from non-US speakers?
> -Original Message-
> From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:30 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Pet Peeves Was something about my bad
I'm getting on the plane...fuck you i'm getting IN the plane --george carlin
On 12/8/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> People who stand too close to me while in line at the grocery store.
> Personal space, people.
>
> People who mix tenses: "this site needs fixed" "the dishes need c
Reality shows.
"Celebrities" who should never have been heard from in the first place and have
certainly overstayed their 15 minutes (Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Ashley
Simpson, etc.)
Racists.
Oh, and +100 on the cell phone stuff...
--- On Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:29 AM, Ray Champagn
People who stand too close to me while in line at the grocery store.
Personal space, people.
People who mix tenses: "this site needs fixed" "the dishes need cleaned"
People who use "on line" instead of "in line". "While I was waiting on
line at the bank"
Loud ppl on cell phones, or ppl using
See, that's just wrong. I have no problem with, for example, CSRs who
speak only Hindi. The problem is when I have to talk to them myself.
If you only speak Spanish, only help people who need help in Spanish,
dammit!
--Ben
Michael T. Tangorre wrote:
>>From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>As
> From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> As for real world pet peeves, that easy: Cell Phones. They
> should all be destroyed.
Like non English speaking customer service reps?
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Loose vs. lose is #1 on my writing/grammar/spelling pet peeve list.
As for real world pet peeves, that easy: Cell Phones. They should all be
destroyed.
> Speaking of pet peeves... What is everyone elses?
>
> Mine is pricks who park in handicap spots when they are not ha
Speaking of pet peeves... What is everyone elses?
Mine is pricks who park in handicap spots when they are not handicapped.
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I don't know.
I've seen an awful lot of cellphones partially covered in tight black
leather, with strategically placed cutouts to see all the goodies.
They remind me of Freddie Mercury in his prime.
It can't be coincidence, can it?
On 9/7/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Accep
> Accept and except are often confused with one another
> because they are homophones. Homophones are words that
> are pronounced alike but have different spellings
> and meanings.
Those damn homophones... What do they have to be afraid of anyway?
It's not like it's contageous... :)
s. isaac dea
It is unfair to except Susan from the graduation ceremony.
> -Original Message-
> From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> accept! accept! agh Oh the grammar! :)
>> On 9/7/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Really, I like XP much
> S.Isaac Dealey wrote:
>>>You know, if this had been how grammar was taught when I
>>>was in school, I might have been easier to learn.
>>
>>
>> You mean, "it (grammar) might have been easier to learn"
>> or "you might
>> hav
S.Isaac Dealey wrote:
>>You know, if this had been how grammar was taught when I
>>was in school, I might have been easier to learn.
>
>
> You mean, "it (grammar) might have been easier to learn" or "you might
> have been easier to teach" if the exampl
> You know, if this had been how grammar was taught when I
> was in school, I might have been easier to learn.
You mean, "it (grammar) might have been easier to learn" or "you might have
been easier to teach" if the examples had been chocked full o' incest and se
> You know, if this had been how grammar was taught when I
> was in school, I might have been easier to learn.
You mean, "it (grammar) might have been easier to learn" or "you might
have been easier to teach" if the examples had been chocked full o'
incest and s
n you could challenge your foe to a
duel. Or is that "dual"???
--- --- ---
You know, if this had been how grammar was taught when I was in school, I might
have been easier to learn.
--
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Web Programmer
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www.BloodSource.org
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"C code. C code r
LOL. : ) Thanks, you made my night!
Judith
> bored? :)
>
> -Original Message-
> DUKE DUKE DUKE
> DUKE OF URL
> DUKE DUKE
> DUKE OF URL
> DUKE DUKE
> DUKE OF URL
> DUKE DUKE
>
> AS IiIIHI, walk through this world
> Nothing is unimpossible, if you go to this urrl (http://www.
> If it is AN Uniform, then it's An Uniform Resource Locator, or AN URL.
>
> But I could be wrong.
Yes, you could. :-)
"A URL" if you pronounce the U like in unicorn. That is, "you are ell"
or "yerl".
"An URL" if you pronounce the U like in urba. That is, "erl".
Presuming you pronounce "un
Yes, but we are referring to the word Uniform.
So..do you say A Uniform or An uniform?
I think if you say A uniform then it should be a URL.
If it is AN Uniform, then it's An Uniform Resource Locator, or AN URL.
But I could be wrong.
-Gel
-Original Message-
From: Ian Skinner
I very rarely pronounce acronyms as a word, otherwise it gets
confusing to clients
I've spoken to people who pronounce URL as "earl" (Judith springs to
mind) and "yurl", and it takes a second to realise what they're
talking about
You can get silly pronouncing acronyms as words:
FBI as fee-bee
CIA
A little clarification...;-)
"Use 'an' before words in which the first sound is a vowel, except long 'u',
and before words beginning with silent 'h'."
-Margaret Shertzer, famous word-smith and author of "The Elements of
Grammar" (which is
It's a long "U", so it should be an "a", not an "an"...
Tyler
_
From: Monique Boea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:51 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: URL grammar
The PROPER way to do it is
a URL
("A Uniform Re
I'm afraid if I pronounced it as "an EARL", someone would come up behind me
and do the Heimlich maneuver...
Marlon
> -Original Message-
> From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:44 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re
y'know what? (not that this topic hasn't already been beaten to death)...
I think that the word preceding the letters 'URL' would probably actually
lead me in how I pronounce it.
If I see "a URL", I'd probably read it as "a YOO-ARE-EL" (who,
coincidentally enough, was Superman's third cousin on
Isn't there a hard and fast rule that before a vowel you use an?
SO whether it is an URL,
or an Uniform Resource Locater, it's still before a vowel?
-Gel
The rule is "a" before a consonant and "an" before vowels or vowel-like sounds. It's how the next word is pronounced not spelled.
We use
Very good information to have. Thanks.
DG
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From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:23 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: URL grammar
Looks like Bob is right on the money.
Using articles with abbreviations and acronyms:
One of the
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On a side note though, it has no relevance with which article would be proper if you spelled out the acronym. The rule for "a" verses "an" is how the next word is pronounced. So the proper grammar would be "An FBI agent..." because "FBI" is pron
Not bored. brobborb. They're even spelled differently. :-\
--BenD
Monique Boea wrote:
> bored? :)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: brobborb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:41 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: URL grammar
>
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bored? :)
-Original Message-
From: brobborb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:41 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: URL grammar
DUKE DUKE DUKE
DUKE OF URL
DUKE DUKE
DUKE OF URL
DUKE DUKE
DUKE OF URL
DUKE DUKE
AS IiIIHI, walk through this world
Nothing is
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From: Judith Dinowitz
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: URL grammar
Thanks, everyone, for all of your help.
We've decided to go with the use of "a" here, as it seems to be the proper writing style, despite the difference i
"Earl" is how my grandmother used to say "oil" - Brooklynese
- Original Message -
From: Judith Dinowitz
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: URL grammar
Thanks, everyone, for all of your help.
We've decided to go
YES! THE 'A's WIN!!!
AN people are a bunch of losers!
Mike
> We've decided to go with the use of "a" here, as it seems to
> be the proper writing style, despite the difference in
> pronunciation between "You R L" and "EARL."
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Thanks, everyone, for all of your help.
We've decided to go with the use of "a" here, as it seems to be the proper writing style, despite the difference in pronunciation between "You R L" and "EARL."
Sometimes I think English grammar is nuts. Most people I
The Queen's English (an) or American, Harvard Manual of Style, English (a)? :-)
Also, I never pronounce the initialism "URL" to sound like "earl". I
say "duke".
Really though, I say "you are ell" which would use an "an" anyway. If
I were to say "earl" none of my clients would know what I was tal
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