On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:19, Gareth Faull wrote:
> Perhaps I should drink more caffeine before interviews?
No, caffeine is a stimulant. It will perk you up to even higher levels of
angst. ( That's assuming that you are not addicted to the ghastly stuff
already like me )
imho, What you need to do
I'm over 30, and I know what a gerund is, though it's not an ideal fit for the
English Language, or the rest of the Germanic Languages such as Gothic,
German, Icelandic/Old Norse, Old English, or suchlike.
Ah, but then, I taught myself Latin. I also taught myself Classical Greek.
What that do
> sadly Sun
> pulled the plug on the funding, and we're back to non-native speakers
> writing again :/
Makes it all more international... :)
Wasn't that the idea in the first place???
Volker
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On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:58 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:09, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 22:28 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> > > At least he got the apostrophe in the right place!
> >
> > Now does everyone see why GNOME banned the accursed char
> ... in all it's glorious detail ...
Yeah, right. Up there with "a current of a million volts"
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:30 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> Where did they ban apostrophes? They only say don't use them where you
> shouldn't.
To quote the page
Apostrophe Rules:
* Do not use
apostrophes to
den
On 9/16/05, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What would be interesting is to know whether schools in countries which useother languages similarly fail to teach the grammars of their Mother Tongues?
Dunno about that but (interesting _totally_ OT stuff to follow) according to some J
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:09, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 22:28 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> > At least he got the apostrophe in the right place!
>
> Now does everyone see why GNOME banned the accursed character?
> http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/grammar.
> Now does everyone see why GNOME banned the accursed character?
Not sure why this has anything to do with gnomes.
> http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/grammar.html
Where did they ban apostrophes? They only say don't use them where you
shouldn't.
Volker
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Volker Kuhlmann
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 22:28 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> At least he got the apostrophe in the right place!
Now does everyone see why GNOME banned the accursed character?
http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/grammar.html
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Michael JasonSmithhttp://ldots.org/
On Thu, September 15, 2005 10:23 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
>
> It is also quite a possibility that said teacher got it wrong.
> He also told us that "aweful" was the correct spelling for the word which
> is a
> synonym of "ghastly". I am now quite convinced that he was utterly wrong
> on
> th
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:44, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:23 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05, Nick Rout wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:20 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > > > the're
> > >
> > > ?
> >
> > Yes, indeed!
> >
> > "They're" is the
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:05, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45, Craig FALCONER wrote:
> > grammer
>
> The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]
> grammer \gram"mer\ (gr[a^]m"m[~e]r) n.
>Grammar; -- a common misspelling. [Misspelling]
>[PJC]
>
>
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:00, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:54:49 +1200
>
> Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> > My favourite grammar question annoys many wingers: what is a person from
> > Canterbury called?
>
> One-eyed?
That was the result of Richard Lowe (King Richard) getting in some practic
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:20, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:31, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> > On Thu, September 15, 2005 3:49 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the
> > > letters "it" and "s"... ;)
> > >
> > >
Nick Rout wrote:
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:23 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
the're
?
Yes, indeed!
"They're" is the trans-atlantic patois form.
Anyway that's what I was taught at school all those years ago.
Interesting, here is me thinking you had made a pselling
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:23 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05, Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:20 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > > the're
> >
> > ?
> Yes, indeed!
>
> "They're" is the trans-atlantic patois form.
> Anyway that's what I was taught at
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/theyre?view=uk
COED, Google and I have never heard of your alternative!
Steve
On Thu, September 15, 2005 9:23 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05, Nick Rout wrote:
>> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:20 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
>> > th
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:20 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > the're
>
> ?
Yes, indeed!
"They're" is the trans-atlantic patois form.
Anyway that's what I was taught at school all those years ago.
--
CS
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:20 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> the're
?
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:20, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> Isn't the English language so much fun? :-)
>
> Now all we need to do is to get the use of their, there, and the're
> sorted out, and we'll be able to tell the dotty slashers where to go.
You will need to include colour, labour, disc etc ;)
John Carter wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, david merriman wrote:
I want to get a new CV/Resume written, and being a bit of a geek I'm
not being that good at self-promotion ;-) , so I'd like a little help
doing this. Does anyone have any recommendations for companies that
produce good 'technical'
On 15/09/05, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> Ah. But they are actually taught the grammar of the English Language in all
> it's glorious detail as part of of their curriculum. It just doesn't happen
> in most of the English speaking world. e.g. who under the age of 30 on this
> list can tell us what a
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:31, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> On Thu, September 15, 2005 3:49 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> >
> >
> > You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the
> > letters "it" and "s"... ;)
> >
> >
>
>
> apostrophes
>
>
> Get digging (:
There is only one apostroph
On Thu, September 15, 2005 3:49 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>
>
> You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the
> letters "it" and "s"... ;)
>
>
>
apostrophes
Get digging (:
Steve
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Windows: Where do you want to go today?
MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow?
Linux:
I'm well over 30, and had 17 years of UK education, and nobody ever taught
me grammar. However, even I know that slashdot (link from Nick) need to
learn some... they'll be writing 'a hotel' next (:
Steve
On Thu, September 15, 2005 12:59 pm, Roger Searle wrote:
> who over 30 can? i sure can't...
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 15:49 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>
>
>
> You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the
> letters "it" and "s"... ;)
>
>
Starting a sentence with a conjunctive, rather than a conjunct, is often
frowned on, too.
[I will stop now, as I am not holie
> e.g. who under the age of 30 on this
> list can tell us what a gerund is -- without looking it up.
I can. :)
You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the
letters "it" and "s"... ;)
Volker
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Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in h
Join a toastmasters club.
I'm serious.
I joined one this year, and have found it very useful to work on the
sort of "social ineptitudes" common to geeks. The club I go to,
Woolston toasmasters club, meets on Monday evenings, but there's about
20 or more around Christchurch if the time/venue don't
I have had hundreds of interviews this year, so I've become quite the
expert at getting to the top of the list (just don't ask me how to have
a successful interview).
The most important thing is not the CV, it's the covering letter (often
the contents of the email, with the Word/PDF CV attache
Nick Rout wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:54:49 +1200
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
y favourite grammar question annoys many wingers: what is a person from
Canterbury called?
One-eyed?
He tangata o Waitaha.
And if you can't accept an Official Language, go to hell.
C/C++
--
Richard Tind
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:54:49 +1200
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> My favourite grammar question annoys many wingers: what is a person from
> Canterbury called?
One-eyed?
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
who over 30 can? i sure can't...
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:01, Nick Rout wrote:
I regularly receive CV's from Germans looking to spend their three
month "elective" working in a law office in NZ. Their spelling and
grammar are usually perfect.
Ah. But they ar
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 12:32 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> Ah. But they are actually taught the grammar of the English Language in all
> it's glorious detail as part of of their curriculum. It just doesn't happen
> in most of the English speaking world. e.g. who under the age of 30 on this
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:32:56 +1200
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
>. who under the age of 30 on this
> list can tell us what a gerund is -- without looking it up.
Given the identity of the poser of the question, I thought it might have
come from the same root as geriatric, ;-)
looking it up prove
On 9/15/05, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ah. But they are actually taught the grammar of the English Language in all it's glorious detail as part of of their curriculum. It just doesn't happen in most of the English speaking world.
Perhaps the curriculum should be extended so
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:01, Nick Rout wrote:
> I regularly receive CV's from Germans looking to spend their three
> month "elective" working in a law office in NZ. Their spelling and
> grammar are usually perfect.
Ah. But they are actually taught the grammar of the English Language in all
it's glo
I regularly receive CV's from Germans looking to spend their threemonth "elective" working in a law office in NZ. Their spelling and
grammar are usually perfect.
Having attended an English class at a German school I don't find that surprising. I attended the equivalent of a 7th from level class
LOL slashdot, second item onthe rss list:
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/14/194218&from=rss
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:01:40 +1200
Nick Rout wrote:
Grammar blah blah Spelling blah blah
I thoroughly agree (with Craig).
Most employers are of a generation where spelling and grammar are still
valued, I am talking people over, say, 40. (Generalisations abound I'm
afraid).
While I can tolerate spelling mistakes in open source documentation
written as an afterthought at 3.00 am by a
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45, Craig FALCONER wrote:
> grammer
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]
grammer \gram"mer\ (gr[a^]m"m[~e]r) n.
Grammar; -- a common misspelling. [Misspelling]
[PJC]
:-)
My point precisely I think.
--
CS
From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:37 a.m.
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject: Re: [OT] Recommendations for CV/Resume Writers
Don't worry about either Gramer or Speeling over much. While a few employers
might want to see a work of
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:44, david merriman wrote:
> I want to get a new CV/Resume written, and being a bit of a geek I'm not
> being that good at self-promotion ;-) , so I'd like a little help doing
> this. Does anyone have any recommendations for companies that produce
> good 'technical' CV's for
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, david merriman wrote:
I want to get a new CV/Resume written, and being a bit of a geek I'm not
being that good at self-promotion ;-) , so I'd like a little help doing this.
Does anyone have any recommendations for companies that produce good
'technical' CV's for IT personn
My advice:
Bite the bullet, and do it yourself. Google for CV's and copy and
paste the good bits for yours (as long as they are appropriate!). I
know it's not easy saying how wonderful you are, but it's worthwhile
learning to do it for your CV.
Good CV consulting is expensive.
or, equally:
Chea
I want to get a new CV/Resume written, and being a bit of a geek I'm not
being that good at self-promotion ;-) , so I'd like a little help doing
this. Does anyone have any recommendations for companies that produce
good 'technical' CV's for IT personnel (programmers in particular) ?
Many than
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