NJI Bashing...

[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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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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[transpac]

I think an is correct. Sounds better.

If SES was actually a word, an would be acceptable. However, SES is not a word, it's shorthand for "Senior Executive Service". So, saying "an SES" is the same as saying "an Senior Executive Service".

 

[VVJM265]

So this has turned into the grammar sidebar.

I think both gunfyter and transpac are correct. As stated above, an is used before a noun. Skygirl's original comment was in jargon (the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group).

I have been an SES for the last five years.

A less jargonistic sentence would have been:

I have been an officer in the Senior Executive Service for the last five years.
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Let's all go back to flying.
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[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.)

Schedule C appointees are part of the "Excepted Service" and are specifically excepted from the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service by statute, the President, or the OPM. Noncareer appointments in the SES are the rough equivalent.


_SkyGirl_

 

[lawfly]

Does this mean I get to list my degrees and my published appellate opinions? They're not prominent in my thoughts when I'm flying a 200 and a half ILS, anyway. Hey, this is an aviation forum. SkyGirl might be a nice person and a highly qualified Senior Executive Secretary or Senior Executive Something (SES)--or not--but is this really the place? Couldn't resist. Bye.

 

[gutshotdraw]

I hear you Lawfly. Can't we get back to the eeeeeviiiillllll non-union shop bashing?

 

[gunfyter]

I hear you Lawfly. Can't we get back to the eeeeeviiiillllll non-union shop bashing?

I know by posting I am just perpetuating this thread... but I wish these type threads would just disappear.

 

[81Horse]

Jeez. My other great timesuck is a readers' and writers' forum; I have never seen such a picayune dustup over grammar, punctuation, and usage there as I just read in this thread. I think this thread also takes the prize for Most Irrelevant Total Hijack.

Cool!

BTW, the plural of ellipsis is ellipses.