Yes people there is a difference between THEN and THAN.

[tesox2]

Id be more impressed if this lesson was your own. But than again, I dont really care...

[CID]

We should spell write when we right irregardless of weather it imflames udders. Its just the write thing to dew and it make’s it easier to reed and waists less tyme to.

[water wings]

I just didn't have the patients in school to learn that stuff to "professional" level I guess.

x-wind you crazy silly koot... you did that on purpose, right? you whacky kids today... phffft.

we should have an Avcanada Scrabble Cage Match. wouldn't that be just oodles of fun?

[viccoastdog]

'Supercede' is not a word, but 'supersede' is. But I dare say you will find the incorrect version used more often than the correct version as evidenced by the incorrect use in the latest Transport Canada letter I received.

The number of résumés we've received with so many spelling and grammer errors, apostrophes everwhere etc etc, is disappointing: If a prospective employee/pilot isn't going to bother to be careful and accurate enough in the relatively easy task of writing then how sloppy will they be when flying or dealing with customers?

It's so easy just to use spell checker.

As in other posts decrying the lack of professional status sometimes given to pilots; if you act, speak, and write in what could be considered an uneducated or unskilled manner than perhaps it should not be a surprise that others may view you as unprofessional?

And now for the fallout.....

[mayfleur]

I agree that spelling and grammer has really down hill. The one thing that really gets me is "i'm", "im", or just "i". How hard is it to press the shift button down to capitalize "I"? I usually ignore it on the internet because it's not going to change.
In a professional environment however, there are no excuses not to use proper grammer and spelling! I just cringe when I see memos posted and emails sent out with mistakes. I understand that for some people spelling does not come naturally. That's fine. One guy I know can't spell at all. He gets people to proof read his work and then sends it out. Perfect. He doesn't make himself or the company look stupid.

[water wings]

stop it. you're killing me here.

[Siddley Hawker]

...weather it imflames udders.

If the udders are inflamed, this'll do the trick.

http://www.humanudderbalm.com/

[linecrew]

Here's one that gets me: Orientated as opposed to oriented. Orientated is not a word.

Which is the correct spelling: 'oriented' or 'orientated'?

It's a matter of personal taste since orientated is currently preferred use in general British use. Oriented is prevalent in technical use, and in North America.

[CID]

The aluminium is orientated correctly on the starboard punkah louvre whereas, the aluminum is oriented correctly on the left air vent.

[sky's the limit]

When I was in Alberta many moons ago, my personal fav was "I seen." Good grief, you saw. Nobody seen noth'in..... "I seen this guy the other day..." Argh!

seen
saw

an
a

to
too
two

by
buy
bye
bi

How hard is a bit of grammar? At least hit the damn spell check before you click "submit."

As someone said earlier, the average person perusing this site would never bye/by/buy/bi a/an plane ticket again.

stl

[FastFlyBy]

If the udders are inflamed, this'll do the trick.

http://www.humanudderbalm.com/

Need some Udder Balm for that grammer?
Classic

[. ._]

What if yore to phucked upon Robbitusin two spel rite?

Than dew ya gets a freepass?

[ottawa,kan]

Notice nobody grabbed up on effect and affect???They should ban the word affect and quit pretending that ANYONE really understands the difference. I've NEVER heard it explained properly. And what difference does it make anyway???
On another note...me precious mom is a PhD english professor (retired) and she says that the way a native speaker talks is always correct, because language does change over time, so you can't quibble with grammer from a native speaker. But the written language has rules that should be maintained (spell?) for clarity of purpose.

[BoostedNihilist]

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[tiggermoth]

All's i gots to say is

"Huukt on foniks wurkt four mee".

As anudder enggineer on dis heer plase, i has fund thatt evin tho: "a lot of us tend to think that besides being gods gift to aviation, financial experts, Rhodes scholars, real estate gurus, negotiation experts, and experts at pleasing women (or men)", pilot guys can't ad wurth a %$#$ in da ol' loggbuk. Beleve me, i has had to currekt lots of dem.

[tiggermoth]

O ya, don't wurry aboot ol' YBP. I here tell frum a good sorce dat he is aboot as relaxicated as can be. Aperently, da boys wear he wurks say dat dey have to go kik him every now and than to see if he is stil alive.

Now 'scuse me cause i gots to go fiks da hootus on dat dere wingtip he waz yappin aboot.

[ybp]

The hootus was fine....is the thingus that needed work

[tiggermoth]

As it turns out, da watchadingy was broke tooo.

[Babel Fish]

Awesome thread...

OK - here's one that makes me roll my eyes every time I hear it - "yous" as in "Yous going out tonight?". Last time I checked there was no plural for "you". And I have no idea if there's supposed to be an apostrophe or not, so I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors. This ranks right up (or down) there with "Y'all".

Alas poor English language, it was nice to know you.

[FastFlyBy]

"Yous" is way over the top compared to "Y'all".
I can at least understand that "Y'all" is a shortened version of "You all". But where did "Yous" come from? "You is", or "Is you"? Either way it sets off another row of dominoes.

[xsbank]

Viccoastdog, "supercede" is a legitimate way to spell supersede. Look it up.

Rather than moaning about the poor state of the resumes you received, how about spending some time answering them? On average, about 10% of people submitting resumes get responses to the effort they made so that may be tempering their enthusiasm.

[rightseatwonder]

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Frankie says Relax!

[water wings]

HA! i just got a flyer in the mail recruiting people for a marketing company. They offer great "incentive's and bonus's"
WHAT is wrong with these people? Pluralizing words shouldn't be that hard. Stop apostrophe abuse!!!

Also, in regards to the small 'i' versus the capital 'I'... i am a fan of the wee i in casual communications, like an e.e. cummings tribute, but admit, I is used in my formal correspondence, and i only know of 2 people that have officialy changed their name to the non capital version; mr. cummings being one - and i have never met him. SO i guess i know one.

Oh yeah - and to people who think poor grammar is OK as long as you "get the message across"...well...
Whore frost and Hoar frost is not the same thing, albeit, amusing to form an image.
what we need now is a good palindrome game. Anyone?