I used to work with a PE from New Hampshire who interned at a hometown engineering/survey firm when she was in college at Bucknell. She tells a story how one day she was typing something their surveyor had written and changed the wording a little. The office manager noticed and told her "Oh no...we never change a word that Bob writes; he went to Dartmouth and he's not afraid to let everyone know."
I'm still trying to figure out how to spellcheck people. Unless, of course, you meant to type, "Spellcheck, people". ???? ????ÿ
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I'm still trying to figure out how to spellcheck people. Unless, of course, you meant to type, "Spellcheck, people". ???? ????ÿ
The 'grammar check' that infests several softwares that I use is truly a two edged sword.?ÿ Sometimes it's spot on.?ÿ Sometimes I'm convinced it was written by someone on the other side of the globe to which English is a second language.?ÿ
The 'grammar check' that infests several softwares that I use is truly a two edged sword.?ÿ Sometimes it's spot on.?ÿ Sometimes I'm convinced it was written by someone on the other side of the globe to which English is a second language.?ÿ
I too find that grammar check often suggests changes I don't want to make, but usually and overall I am glad for the opportunities to consider its suggestions.
Beware if someone compliments you by saying "your excellent at using spell check" because there lying.
The 'grammar check' that infests several softwares that I use [ . . . ]
Ouch.?ÿ
The plural form of?ÿsoftware?ÿis?ÿsoftware. This is true even when you??re referring to multiple programs.?ÿSoftwares?ÿ(with an?ÿS?ÿat the end) isn??t an actual word.?ÿ The word software?ÿis a mass noun because it can be used to refer to a?ÿmass?ÿ(or nonspecific number) of computing programs or products.?ÿMass nouns?ÿfunction as both singular and plural nouns. They can describe either one item, multiple items of the same type, or an entire category of items.
Other mass noun examples include furniture, cutlery & hardware.?ÿ Does furnitures, cutleries & hardwares sound right to you??ÿ Your attempt to make a mass noun into a countable noun by the use of the pronoun?ÿseveral is inappropriate.?ÿ Correct would be "that infests some software that I use".
I always wanted to be an Architect too...started schooling at a local Community College but didn't finish. Got into surveying and now I can't stand some of the Architects I've dealt with and their design "ideas" when staking in the field.
@mathteacher I taught an evening class one time titled "Intragalactic Azimuth Determination", or how to shoot Polaris.
The autocorrect on my phone makes more mistakes than I make.
What gets me is that it all looks fine and as I hit send autocorrect changes what I have written and it all comes out as garbage.
The autocorrect on my phone makes more mistakes than I make.
What gets me is that it all looks fine and as I hit send autocorrect changes what I have written and it all comes out as garbage.
My phone makes the auto-incorrections as I type.?ÿ The effect of hitting send is to make me notice what it did.
It seems to be getting smarter.?ÿ I think I can now type NGS without it changing it, for instance, but it took a lot of undo's to get there.
I understand your point of view. Although the word software may be accepted as an uncounted noun, I used it as a counted noun. Much like the reference to plant material (uncounted) vs. flammable materials (unspecified but counted; hence plural).
Probably not correct in some circles. One rarely takes artistic license with the English language without a corrective suggestion. 😉
I too had the architect dream (even thought about changing my name to Art Vandalay), but crisis averted. The one thing I don't understand about architects though is that they can design a building with whatever funky angles the client wants or whatever's necessary, but can't seem to comprehend property lines that aren't square. Had one that would move a property line that he didn't like just so his design would meet setback requirements (well the tax map showed it as square). Went round and round with him several times over that.
Quite foolishly my university had most of the engineers and all of the arky-tex housed in the same huge building during my time there. Day vs Night. Oil vs Water. With the exception of some lower level technical classes, we were not in the same classrooms, luckily. Two totally different breeds of cat. Each developing what they fit best, just with different goals in mind. The world needs both professions.
..The world needs both professions.
I suppose the engineer is needed to explain to the architect why a 61' wide structure won't fit on a 60' wide lot.?ÿ And they both need the surveyor to explain why the 60' wide lot is really only 59.8' wide...
There is truly harmony in the spheres I guess.
