NJI Bashing...

[Ultra Grump]

Really? The spelling errors are pretty clear in as214's posts, as are grammar problems in punctuation, tense, and parallelism, but I think I'm pretty good at "wordsmithing" and I don't see any issues in GEXDriver's posts.

Well, you might want to head back to "wordsmithing" school, as it apparently didn't work out for you the first time.

the life style?... or is it the union comraderie?

You see nothing wrong here? First, "life style" is one word in the context he used. Next, he may have intended to use the ellipsis as a pause, but should not have used the question mark as well. The question mark denotes the end of the question, and creates a natural pause. Then he begins the next question with a conjunction. It is not capitalized, which, since it's a new question, it should be. Finally, look in a dictionary under "comraderie." Oh, it's not there? Perhaps that's because the proper spelling is "camaraderie."

It should have read "...the lifestyle...or is it the union camaraderie?" This is one small example.

I realize this is an internet message board, and people tend to mutilate the English language in that medium, but if one is going to criticize others' grammar and spelling, their own had better be correct - at the very least in the thread under discussion.

 

[gunfyter]

I don't think she posted that, it was somebody that knew her that did. But, I don't know why she comes to this forum. She gets beat up everytime she does.

I think SES must be overpaid if they can afford small airplanes and park them at Manassas. Also expensive PDAs with wireless internet service...and all this free time to waste on Flight Info.... No wonder we have record government deficits.

Spend less time what private sector pilots demand for pay and start cutting wasteful government spending programs. Oh and more taxcuts for the rich...please.

 

[Hawkered]

Maybe she came here looking for a husband!

 

[gunfyter]

I happen to know that 214 is single and RICH!

 

[Diesel]

Yeah but he likes men on fire island.

By the way i got a link of skygirls new job as a waitress.

http://www.break.com/index/canadianpsa1.html

 

[gunfyter]

Did I mention he was Rich?

 

[buttercup]

Yeah but he likes men on fire island.

By the way i got a link of skygirls new job as a waitress.

http://www.break.com/index/canadianpsa1.html

That's right big boy and after Im done on Fire Island I'm coming up to Provincetown to come pay you a visit. I really really like Swedish meatballs! Wink Wink

 

[SkyGirl]

BTW don't let 214 BS you about his business. Betting on baseball is no living son... and will keep you out of the Hall of Fame.


Oh and more taxcuts for the rich...please.

I waited until lunch to repond to your post.

What is Mr. as214's business?

I think we should make the current tax cuts permanent. Next, we should fix the Alternative Minimum Tax problem. AMT originally targeted the rich, but now adversely impacts the middle class.

_SkyGirl_

 

[SkyGirl]

Silly me! I would have thought a real SES would have known that the title is referred to as A SES, not AN SES. That's a misuse of the word AN. You must be a Schedule C political apointee. (Or maybe a B.S.'er.)

That's what I get for listening to a man! LOL

My honey, was sitting next to me when I typed that. I told him that when selecting articles "a" went before consonants and "an" before verbs, but he said "an" was more conversational and read better.


_SkyGirl_

 

[gunfyter]

I think an is correct. Sounds better.

a[SIZE=-1]2[/SIZE] ([FONT=verdana, sans-serif] P [/FONT]) Pronunciation Key (

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when stressed)
indef.art.

1. Used before nouns and noun phrases that denote a single but unspecified person or thing: a region; a person.
2. Used before terms, such as few or many, that denote number, amount, quantity, or degree: only a few of the voters; a bit more rest; a little excited.
3. 1. <LI type=a>Used before a proper name to denote a type or a member of a class: the wisdom of a Socrates.
   2. Used before a mass noun to indicate a single type or example: a dry wine.
4. The same: birds of a feather.
5. Any: not a drop to drink.

[Middle English, variant of an, an. See an[SIZE=-1]1[/SIZE].]

Usage Note: In writing, the form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound, regardless of its spelling (a frog, a university). The form an is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound (an orange, an hour). ·An was once a common variant before words beginning with h in which the first syllable was unstressed; thus 18th-century authors wrote either a historical or an historical but a history, not an history. This usage made sense in that people often did not pronounce the initial h in words such as historical and heroic, but by the late 19th century educated speakers usually pronounced initial h, and the practice of writing an before such words began to die out. Nowadays it survives primarily before the word historical. One may also come across it in the phrases an hysterectomy or an hereditary trait. These usages are acceptable in formal writing.​

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