[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', 'I') think we are in unchartered territory here.

[highlander1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', 'I') think we are in unchartered territory here.

[highlander1]

Hey TWilliam- from your September 8th post.... "no money lots of free time and a large sense of entitilement"

I'm not normally a grammar nazi about this stuff- but the word is entitlement. Gee- we both need some learnin........ Bad grammar happens sometimes, even to the most educated and pompous of us.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', 'H')ey TWilliam- from your September 8th post.... "no money lots of free time and a large sense of entitilement"
I'm not normally a grammar nazi about this stuff- but the word is entitlement. Gee- we both need some learnin........ Bad grammar happens sometimes, even to the most educated and pompous of us.

[DryObserver]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', 'I') think we are in unchartered territory here.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DryObserver', 'O')ddly appropriate phrasing for someone backing out of the corporate world then, eh?

[highlander1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DryObserver', 'O')ddly appropriate phrasing for someone backing out of the corporate world then, eh?

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', 'b')ut then again this is not http://www.thequeensenglish.com is it?

[patience]

Try as I might, I find it hard to live up to that standard, what with being somewhat dyslexic, and getting old, I don't write as well as I once did. Looks like I am going to have to be VERY careful here. I don't remember such a flap about something I thought was pretty insignificant. Makes me lose interest in a hurry.

Yup, I botched this post, too, and had to edit it. Guess I'll have to severely curtail what I say, in order to get it as perfect as possible.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('patience', ' ')Guess I'll have to severely curtail what I say, in order to get it as perfect as possible.

[highlander1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', 'b')ut then again this is not http://www.thequeensenglish.com is it?

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('highlander1', '
')
He corrected that and broke out 13th century origins???? For gods sake- are we trying to help one another discuss post peak oil strategies here or take an english class??? Either you guys are some hardcore english/literature professors or in a single, inaugural post, I have hit the jackpot for attracting the most pompous arseholes on this site.

[Nefarious]

At least you know you keep company with some educated people.

[hardtootell-2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('patience', 'T')ry as I might, I find it hard to live up to that standard, what with being somewhat dyslexic, and getting old, I don't write as well as I once did. Looks like I am going to have to be VERY careful here. I don't remember such a flap about something I thought was pretty insignificant. Makes me lose interest in a hurry.

Yup, I botched this post, too, and had to edit it. Guess I'll have to severely curtail what I say, in order to get it as perfect as possible.

[TWilliam]

The point, highlander1, is that it's difficult (for me at least) to take seriously the opinions of people who make such simple and glaring errors, particularly when they do so repeatedly.

As far as my post about the origins of the word 'canvas', that is a different issue. Calling heavy-duty cotton duck, 'canvas', is an example of the way Orwellian newspeak has infiltrated the culture, in this instance as one of innumerable methods of erasing cultural awareness of the long and vital history of one of mankind's most useful and venerable crops, one who's cultivation may even pre-date agriculture for food. Being an advocate for industrial hemp use, such deception is yes, a particularly large peeve of mine...

[eastbay]

Yikes!!!! It looks like 'someone' woke up on the wrong side of the chalkboard this morning.

Let's all please hope and chant this doesn't occur too frequently.

[SeaGypsy]

Orwellian Newspeak aside what about Fruedian slips?
The 'accidental' use of the 'wrong' word.
Going back to the original 'slip' it is quite interesting and could add meaning and depth to Highlanders article.
TW has correctly defined both options with regard to meaning here; methinks the ambigiuty is built into the similarity of the words deliberately.
Usually when mapping is done, a claim of ownership is simultaneously being extracted; hence "Charted" is the source or root word for the more legalistic and therefore modern term "Charter".
In Highlanders original post either meaning could be sufficiently applied; in the sense that the future is neither mapped or owned.
Is that devil's advocate enough for you?

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'O')rwellian Newspeak aside what about Fruedian slips?
The 'accidental' use of the 'wrong' word.
Going back to the original 'slip' it is quite interesting and could add meaning and depth to Highlanders article.
TW has correctly defined both options with regard to meaning here; methinks the ambigiuty is built into the similarity of the words deliberately.
Usually when mapping is done, a claim of ownership is simultaneously being extracted; hence "Charted" is the source or root word for the more legalistic and therefore modern term "Charter".
In Highlanders original post either meaning could be sufficiently applied; in the sence that the future is neither mapped or owned.
Is that devil's advocate enough for you?

[Sixstrings]

Ok, I don't have a dog in this grammar fight, but..

This is something I'm noticing lately. I see it a lot in the articles I read, even from writers I respect (like Kunslter) and mainstream journalists who really should know better. A generalized sloppiness is creeping into the written English language. I honestly fear for the future of our language, when holders of masters degrees don't know the difference between the words "except" and "accept."

And nobody seems to know the difference between "effect" and "affect."

And my biggest pet peeve of all, the one I keep seeing over and over.. is "insure." People keep doing this, it's viral or something.. somehow, the word "ensure" has dropped from our language to be replaced by "insure" -- which means something else entirely.

And then we have the age-old "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less."

Now, I'm all for having your own technically-not-correct-style. I do that myself, you'll notice I start sentences with "and" quite a bit, and I like using "..." and "--" instead of a semicolon. But this other stuff bothers me.. I can't see any element of style in mixing up words (it just indicates your vocabulary is limited, and you're not a widely-read person).

Ok, /grammar rant off.

[highlander1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'T')he point, highlander1, is that it's difficult (for me at least) to take seriously the opinions of people who make such simple and glaring errors, particularly when they do so repeatedly.
As far as my post about the origins of the word 'canvas', that is a different issue. Calling heavy-duty cotton duck, 'canvas', is an example of the way Orwellian newspeak has infiltrated the culture, in this instance as one of innumerable methods of erasing cultural awareness of the long and vital history of one of mankind's most useful and venerable crops, one who's cultivation may even pre-date agriculture for food. Being an advocate for industrial hemp use, such deception is yes, a particularly large peeve of mine...