Yes people there is a difference between THEN and THAN.

[giligan]

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[FastFlyBy]

Free grammar lesson! WOOHOO!!!

The one I always notice is when people overuse "apparently". When they should be using "supposedly".

[ScudRunner]

I will cage fight you!

[golden hawk]

Does anyone else have any other examples they care to share?
gil

Here's an example.

An average literate person surfing through this forum would loose faith in air travel in Canada just based on the grade 5 level of grammar skills displayed here.

[Redwine]

How about "Their" vs. "There"....

[ybp]

HEY, as an engineer, I work all day by the book and follow all kinds of regulations and SMP's, MPM's, IPC's, bla, bla, bla.

I come on here to relax, and be entertained for a bit. If you feel you need to correct everyone's spelling and grammar THAN I suggest that you go talk to someone who wants to LEARN how to spell and write correctly!!

It sounds like BCIT could use a few brilliant minds like yourself!

[looproll]

how about EFFECT and AFFECT

[Cleared Enroute]

seriously...



relax

[giligan]

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[giligan]

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[ybp]

Actually, my coffee this morning was quite good...and I had another cup when I got to work.

Trust me, I'm about as relaxed as I can get.

I never realize that we, as pilots, are supposed to view ourselves so "highly". I thought that that pushing buttons and wearing a fancy uniform while we ride on these magic carpets, made us just a little better than the average person who is doomed to spend there life tethered to the circus we call planet earth.

P.S. Are you the pilot that backed the wing into the hangar door post on the weekend

[SkyWolfe]

Life will go on....

[canpilot]

Honstly..I Luv yu skywolf! Tanks for profreeding my resuummess befor I snd them too compiness! yor the bst!

I luf yu!

[giligan]

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[LAX]

Wow Gil, you remind me of a certain Mount Royal professor. The MRC aviation students got basically the same talk about "than" and "then" this morning. Hah.

[wxnut]

I'm constantly disappointed by the constant lack of grammar and stupid spelling mistakes on this forum. I find that swapping THEN and THAN are the worst two infractions.

example:
"Working for Air Canada is way better THEN where I used to work."

"If you don't like the union THAN you should not apply for the job."

THEN –adverb
1. at that time: Prices were lower then.
2. immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.
3. next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.
4. at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
5. next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
6. in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.
7. in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
8. since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.
–adjective
9. being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
–noun
10. that time: We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.
—Idioms
11. but then, but on the other hand: I found their conversation very dull, but then I have different tastes.
12. then and there, at that precise time and place; at once; on the spot: I started to pack my things right then and there. Also, there and then.

THAN: –conjunction
1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison): She's taller than I am.
2. (used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, or different, to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.): I had no choice other than that. You won't find such freedom anywhere else than in this country.
3. (used to introduce the rejected choice in expressions of preference): I'd rather walk than drive there.
4. except; other than: We had no choice than to return home.
5. when: We had barely arrived than we had to leave again.
–preposition
6. in relation to; by comparison with (usually fol. by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.

An average literate person surfing through this forum would loose faith in air travel in Canada just based on the grade 5 level of grammar skills displayed here.


Does anyone else have any other examples they care to share?
gil

im more than sure you just copied and pasted these examples.

Keep it simple, use than for a contrast or a subjective about a quantity, and then for an action occuring within an interval of time. No need to wikipedia it. I am sure we all have access to internet to do that our selves.

"I'm more of a retarded pilot THAN you"

"I've been flying for ACA for more THAN 10 years"

"I went flying, THEN the engine shut off."

[linecrew]

Fuel for the fire:

"are" instead of "our"

"Could of / should of" instead of "could've / should've"


...I'm such a schidt disturber, I know.

[CID]

HEY, as an engineer, I work all day by the book and follow all kinds of regulations and SMP's, MPM's, IPC's, bla, bla, bla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer

More of an error in context than spelling really.

How about "your" versus "you're"? And "to", "too" and "two".

[Hedley]

In the immortal words of William Shatner, to
a room full of similarly obsessed trekkie geeks
at SNL:

Get a Life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner

[water wings]

Obsessed grammarians UNITE!!! i hear ya giligan !!! (no, not here ya)
It shouldn't bother me, but i have a difficult time NOT snapping on friends who don't care enough to spell words correctly or put the apostrophe in the right place. 'google' the damn word if you are unsure. it takes a second and makes the world a better place. no really, it does. trust me, it's better...

soar sore
their there they're
waste waist
i must stop now before i get really crazy

if you, too, think the apostrophe and comma and getting the shaft in modern lingo, read the book "eats, shoots and leaves" by lynne truss (ISBN # 1-592-40203-8). it is a bloody good punctuation lesson, indeed.

[bmc]

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

[Hedley]

Develop some perspective, people. English (or American,
or Canadian, whatever) is a horribly illogical mutt of a
language which is ever-changing.

If someone creates a new word, and it is used widely,
presto, it is part of the language. Everything is de facto
people - there is no "de jure".

Similarly, a word may start out as a noun (e.g. Google)
and is quickly transformed into a bastard of a verb
(e.g. Google it, will ya?).

Be more mellow. Go with the flow. Remember that
someone who lived 100 years ago would have great
difficulty comprehending you, and someone who will
live 100 years from how will also have great difficulty
comprehending you.

It's how it is. As long as the intended communication
is delivered (and I don't think anyone here could argue
with that) there can be no reasonably objective criticism.

Why not get angry about arithmetic, too? Is anyone
here pissed that 2+2=4 ?

Orientated is not a word

It is if people use it. Welcome to the English Language

[shower of sparks]

i can't stand it when people use "brung" when they should have used "brang".

sos

[water wings]

the evolution of a language does not excuse the mispellings of the words we use today. No, we don't all expect to understand Old William and his gang of 'olde tyme' poets, but we should expect correct spellings for the words that do exist in today's English. I can feel the world getting better as i type. awesome.

also a good read "the mother tongue - English and how it got that way" by Bill Bryson ISBN # 0-380-71543-0

oooh. Irregardless.. anyone?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
our language evolves before our very eyes. cool.

[x-wind]

Well said Hedley. I have horrible spelling and very poor grammar. I just didn't have the patients in school to learn that stuff to "professional" level I guess. Oh well, I love my career and know what matters regarding it. Having said that, I have always been trying to improve my spelling and grammar. I find it difficult though, it's just something I struggle with. Maybe it's worth noting I was always strong with math. I'm reminded of this book I just finished "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" in it the author talks about two kinds of people- Romantics and Classical. In a nutshell classical people can't spell.

"It's not in the words that are being used but in the context of their use and the message that they pursue"...or something.

Is there not some famous quote that deals with this petty issue?