Gentle rules for avoiding humiliation and embarassment

[SarDragon]

[a2capt]

A fun way to learn:

http://thefump.com/fump.php?id=1205 - Power Salad's It's Its.

From another viewpoint:
Its or It's | Learn English | One Minute English

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11. 'u' and 'r' are not words.

12. Don't be afraid of the SHIFT key. It's got great uses.

13. Contrary to popular belief, (I can't think of any other reason) there is not a shortage of punctuation. Use them.


The English language has only three single letter words.

A: an indefinite article.  He left a pencil on the table.
I: a nominative pronoun used when describing from a singular person context.
O: commonly used in poetry to translate Latin vocatively in the form of an interjection.

I and O are always capitalized when used, and A would be if of course, it was the beginning of the sentence or a title.

[SarDragon]

Thank you, kind sir.  :clap:

[Luis R. Ramos]

Hanger - Hook, peg, or device to hang coats, clothes, and other stuff, or the individual that hangs such stuff.

Hangar - Structure built to protect aircraft.

Flyer

[Jaison009]

Thanks for sharing. It is amazing how far our grasp of English has slipped in the younger generations. There is someone on Ebay that is selling lots of CAP ribbons and cannot even spell the names of the persons the achievements are named after. I mean how hard is it to use spellcheck to spell Amelia Earhart, Eddie Rickenbacker, Robert Goddard, Charles Yeager, Charles Lindbergh, etc. These people only have significance to international history and all. Thanks for helping those who cannot write without using texting lingo.

[Critical AOA]

Hanger - Hook, peg, or device to hang coats, clothes, and other stuff, or the individual that hangs such stuff.

Hangar - Structure built to protect aircraft.

Flyer

You would not believe how often I see that very misspelling from other aviation professionals along with adding an s to aircraft to make it plural.   

[Private Investigator]

GR8 POV MHOTY L8R   

[Luis R. Ramos]

Hnm?



Flyer

[Private Investigator]

RBTL   

[Garibaldi]

I actually understood each and every acronym PI put up. Well done, sir...well done.  :clap:

[Luis R. Ramos]

Then please help us poor guys that are getting to be elderly... I am 58 and do not want or cannot do too much fast thinking... Do not want my remaining brain cells popping out.

Flyer

[Critical AOA]

An acronym was when you created an actual pronounceable word from the first letters or parts of other words.  For example: radar, sonar, laser, etc. 

A string of letters that do not produce a pronounceable word is just an abbreviation.  For example: FAA, CIA and even POV.  You do not pronounce these; you just say the letters so they are not acronyms.

If you are using a number such as 8 to replace the letters in a word such as GR8 or using 2 rather than using to or too, you are just using internet slang.  These are not acronyms either. 

[Private Investigator]

I actually understood each and every acronym PI put up. Well done, sir...well done.  :clap:

Your welcome sir. 

[ColonelJack]

I actually understood each and every acronym PI put up. Well done, sir...well done.  :clap:

Your welcome sir. 

His welcome what?   

Jack

[Critical AOA]

I actually understood each and every acronym PI put up. Well done, sir...well done.  :clap:

Your welcome sir. 

Please see # 1 on the OP list.

[ProdigalJim]

It didn't take long to reach humiliation and embarrassment! 

[a2capt]

You're welcome, sir. 

#1 and #13.

Save a life use a comma.

Let's eat Mom!
Let's eat, Mom!

[Private Investigator]

I am two funny at times   

[bosshawk]

flyer333555: at 58 you are still a kid.  Try 77.  I have no idea what some of those acronyms are.

[SarDragon]

An acronym was when you created an actual pronounceable word from the first letters or parts of other words.  For example: radar, sonar, laser, etc. 

A string of letters that do not produce a pronounceable word is just an abbreviation.  For example: FAA, CIA and even POV.  You do not pronounce these; you just say the letters so they are not acronyms.

If you are using a number such as 8 to replace the letters in a word such as GR8 or using 2 rather than using to or too, you are just using internet slang.  These are not acronyms either.

Well, since someone brought it up, I'll jump in.

As noted, an acronym is a combination of first letters that makes a pronounceable word. The string of letters that does not produce a pronounceable word is called an initialism (GPS, FAA). An abbreviation is usually the first few letters of a single, followed by a period. Through usage, these distinctions have blurred over time.

As an aside, CAP, as used to refer to our organization, is NOT an acronym. I learned that WIWAC. You say each letter. One of my former wing commanders used to give a practical demonstration with his ball cap, when he heard people using CAP as an acronym. [Got my Nomex on!  ]