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Old 02-09-2021, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Joachim View Post
They literally mean the opposite of each other. Bad grammar shouldn’t a language make. Case in point: you know its wrong but as a pilot you feel compelled to choose the low-brow position.
so you never speak ironically, or sarcastically? Hate to break it to you, but grammar “experts” such as Merriam-Webster don’t agree with you.
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Old 02-09-2021, 09:21 AM
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Do any of you wake up in the morning and feel like a complete loser? I do all the time when I think of career choice and my life in general.

Folks, this person is nothing but a troll......ignore them.

They posted almost the exact same statements in the Dal forum some time ago.
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Old 02-09-2021, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Joachim View Post
They literally mean the opposite of each other. Bad grammar shouldn’t a language make. Case in point: you know its wrong but as a pilot you feel compelled to choose the low-brow position.
“It’s” is the proper contraction of “it is.”
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Old 02-09-2021, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by APCLurker View Post
Folks, this person is nothing but a troll......ignore them.

They posted almost the exact same statements in the Dal forum some time ago.
Give me a break
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Old 02-09-2021, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Skypilotsv1984 View Post
It’s not that hard, be nice and professional, don’t be weird or tell crude jokes. You can also go out to dinner with the crew, just be respectful, have a drink or two but don’t get drunk, then go back to your room alone afterwards.

Good rules to follow: view your colleagues as colleagues and not conquests, don’t start doing shots, nothing good happens after 10PM.

Not that hard.
Duuuuuuuude.

Good post.
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Old 02-09-2021, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by OOfff View Post
“It’s” is the proper contraction of “it is.”
Thank you.
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Old 02-09-2021, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 123494 View Post
Give me a break
Wow! Did your “training” just kick in?
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Old 02-09-2021, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Joachim View Post
They literally mean the opposite of each other. Bad grammar shouldn’t a language make. Case in point: you know its wrong but as a pilot you feel compelled to choose the low-brow position.
Hear hear! This heartens my heart to know some on here are well-educated enough to know the difference.

Me thinks Joachim might in fact be a latent member of POEM,the Professional Organization of English Majors.
Sometimes referred to as the Grammar Police-To Serve and Correct.

ipdanno, POEM since 1984.
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Old 02-10-2021, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ipdanno View Post
Hear hear! This heartens my heart to know some on here are well-educated enough to know the difference.

Me thinks Joachim might in fact be a latent member of POEM,the Professional Organization of English Majors.
Sometimes referred to as the Grammar Police-To Serve and Correct.

ipdanno, POEM since 1984.
Disbarred in 2021 for failure to capitalize the first letter of a name.
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Disbarred in 2021 for failure to capitalize the first letter of a name.
Tell that to e e cummings, but you’ll need to shout.

Disbarment rejected. Now go read five pages of Ogden Nash for your penance.

An aside, is that a name, pangolin?
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