September 5, 2012 at 5:41 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
September 5, 2012 at 6:14 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
He's obviously out of his depth, has managed to misread the command with a pipe ('>') mark in it and not bothered to check (if he had he would surely have spotted and corrected his typing error) when it doesn't have the expected result, and clearly hasn't a clue how to describe what he has done. But I can't see anything wrong with his grammar, what have I missed?
Tom
September 5, 2012 at 6:19 am
L' Eomot Inversé (9/5/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
He's obviously out of his depth, has managed to misread the command with a pipe ('>') mark in it and not bothered to check (if he had he would surely have spotted and corrected his typing error) when it doesn't have the expected result, and clearly hasn't a clue how to describe what he has done. But I can't see anything wrong with his grammar, wo what have I missed?
A few missing words here and there, a few missing spaces between words. Complex sentences that could be broken up. Overuse of prepositional phrases.
The writer inside me is cringing.
September 5, 2012 at 6:59 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (9/5/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
He's obviously out of his depth, has managed to misread the command with a pipe ('>') mark in it and not bothered to check (if he had he would surely have spotted and corrected his typing error) when it doesn't have the expected result, and clearly hasn't a clue how to describe what he has done. But I can't see anything wrong with his grammar, wo what have I missed?
A few missing words here and there, a few missing spaces between words. Complex sentences that could be broken up. Overuse of prepositional phrases.
The writer inside me is cringing.
OMG! :w00t: Please tell me he didn't use passive voice!? :hehe:
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September 5, 2012 at 7:03 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (9/5/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
He's obviously out of his depth, has managed to misread the command with a pipe ('>') mark in it and not bothered to check (if he had he would surely have spotted and corrected his typing error) when it doesn't have the expected result, and clearly hasn't a clue how to describe what he has done. But I can't see anything wrong with his grammar, wo what have I missed?
A few missing words here and there, a few missing spaces between words. Complex sentences that could be broken up. Overuse of prepositional phrases.
The writer inside me is cringing.
Ah, you mean he writes something like the average university graduate! :hehe: I agree that's horrible style, but style isn't grammar. I occassionally go over the deep end on complexity myself. I'm not sure what you mean by a prepositional phrase, but I suspect it's one of those syntactic constructs that allow you to add complexity and obscurity to a sentence - that's still style not grammar. Missing words, missing spaces between words - everyone has those unless they proof-read themselves carefully, and neither typos nor unintentional lacunae are grammatical errors - although some typos and some lacunae will look like grammatical errors, and some look like syntactic errors.
I think maybe we don't mean the same thing by grammar. That wouldn't be too surprising: as a writer, you probably know what you think grammar is. I don't really know what I think it is for natural languages. I know that natural language grammar isn't what I call grammar when wearing my mathematician/computer scientist hat, because that stuff works for mathematical calculi, not for natural languages. As a linguist (amateur) all I know is that I am not at all sure what I think grammar is (can't even make up my mind whether it is or is not possible for something ungrammatical to be comprehensible, for example).
Tom
September 5, 2012 at 7:23 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (9/5/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
He's obviously out of his depth, has managed to misread the command with a pipe ('>') mark in it and not bothered to check (if he had he would surely have spotted and corrected his typing error) when it doesn't have the expected result, and clearly hasn't a clue how to describe what he has done. But I can't see anything wrong with his grammar, wo what have I missed?
A few missing words here and there, a few missing spaces between words. Complex sentences that could be broken up. Overuse of prepositional phrases.
The writer inside me is cringing.
You are officially off my "please review this for technical accuracy" list. I already have a love/hate relationship with copy editors.
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September 5, 2012 at 7:32 am
Grant Fritchey (9/5/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (9/5/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
He's obviously out of his depth, has managed to misread the command with a pipe ('>') mark in it and not bothered to check (if he had he would surely have spotted and corrected his typing error) when it doesn't have the expected result, and clearly hasn't a clue how to describe what he has done. But I can't see anything wrong with his grammar, wo what have I missed?
A few missing words here and there, a few missing spaces between words. Complex sentences that could be broken up. Overuse of prepositional phrases.
The writer inside me is cringing.
You are officially off my "please review this for technical accuracy" list. I already have a love/hate relationship with copy editors.
But you know how to use carriage returns! Please don't abandon me, Grant!!!
September 5, 2012 at 8:17 am
Fal (9/3/2012)
Quick poll: how would you pronounce the word "Route"?I'll explain why later, if I'm not too embarrassed. :blink:
Steve.
"Root" is the proper pronunciation as Nat King Cole taught us in the classic song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"
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September 5, 2012 at 8:21 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/5/2012)
Fal (9/3/2012)
Quick poll: how would you pronounce the word "Route"?I'll explain why later, if I'm not too embarrassed. :blink:
Steve.
"Root" is the proper pronunciation as Nat King Cole taught us in the classic song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"
In the U.S. midwest, it's "root" when you're referring to the highways (like Route 66) and "rowt" when talking about shuttling traffic around (like at a holiday event / or an electronic device).
September 5, 2012 at 9:17 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/5/2012)
Fal (9/3/2012)
Quick poll: how would you pronounce the word "Route"?I'll explain why later, if I'm not too embarrassed. :blink:
Steve.
"Root" is the proper pronunciation as Nat King Cole taught us in the classic song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"
In the U.S. midwest, it's "root" when you're referring to the highways (like Route 66) and "rowt" when talking about shuttling traffic around (like at a holiday event / or an electronic device).
It is like that in the NE too.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
September 5, 2012 at 9:59 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
The writer inside me is cringing.
Ditto. I try to ignore those, especially when I think it might be a 2nd or 3rd language for someone. I can't imagine how bad I would write in any other language.
September 5, 2012 at 10:37 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/5/2012)
Let me get this straight. He claims to be an instructor, but cannot type with proper grammar? And apparently he has issues with paragraphs / white space as well.
Well, your tirade about the apparent rudeness seems to have had a good effect there. Let's see if he gets it right now, following the instructions that you gave hime a link for.
Tom
September 5, 2012 at 10:42 am
Really finding it painful to not respond to jc and his responses, but I'm trying not to.
September 5, 2012 at 10:55 am
Time for me to toot my own horn ... braging HECK yes.
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