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Please, help me with English

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by slisse, Apr 19, 2019.

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  1. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    I don't have a solution to that one. If you teach to the lowest standard, and let them graduate, then you eventually lower the value of your accreditations to the point where a degree or certificate is meaningless, especially to international standards. This has already happened to America (in some fields). If you raise your standards to a high bar, then those who can't keep up become disenfanchised, the gap between the elite and the proletariat ever widens, and eventually you have open revolt. If you try to pick a middle ground, then everyone in the nation ends up just plain "average", and you have an "average" country.
    We're not as far along the path to ruin as you guys, but we're heading there. :(
     
    pussycat, Feb 20, 2020
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  2. Akbloke

    Akbloke Ex Pig-Fixer "Videmus Agamis"

    I concur with this. In my field of aviation maintenance, I've notice a distinct difference between the European / Aussie standard (with reference to EASA M-145) and that of the USAF standard. Whereas the EASA achieves a standard of "Airworthiness", the USAF would only rate a standard of "Serviceable". AT the moment I'm trying to get the country that I'm in up to EASA as that is what it has adopted as a minimum standard, and I have a particular American company doing the maintenance on this fleet of jets, and at times it feels like I'm trying to shove butter up a porcupines butt with a red hot needle....

    Now, to give you an example of what I mean about the difference...
    An aircraft - such as a B747 or an Airbus A330 - can be serviceable and fly a load of passengers to where ever in complete safety, BUT, if none of the toilets on board are working (heavens forbid), then it is NOT Airworthy.
     
    Akbloke, Feb 20, 2020
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  3. Akbloke

    Akbloke Ex Pig-Fixer "Videmus Agamis"


    :eek: Ooooww.....I can see that the Pussycat has her fangs and Claws out....:D:D:D
     
    Akbloke, Feb 20, 2020
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  4. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    Moi? Never.

    Pussycats just like playing with their food. :):)
     
    pussycat, Feb 20, 2020
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  5. Dane

    Dane Account Deleted

    I'm sorry, I'd like give a rebuttal on that but I can't think of one reason where that isn't true.
     
    Dane, Feb 21, 2020
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  6. londonboy49

    londonboy49 Trusted.Member

    A double negative :rolleyes:
     
    londonboy49, Feb 21, 2020
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  7. Dane

    Dane Account Deleted

    No it's not. I suggest you re-read it.
    I am agreeing with Pussycat.
    Two negatives do not equate a double negative in all sentences.
     
    Dane, Feb 21, 2020
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  8. Dane

    Dane Account Deleted

    I will agree that it is a less eloquent way of saying I agree with the original statement.
     
    Dane, Feb 21, 2020
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  9. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member


    Dane, I posted it in a (hopefully) humourous vein, I certainly didn't mean to offend.

    But when I think about it, there might be a grain of truth to it.
     
    pussycat, Feb 21, 2020
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  10. Dane

    Dane Account Deleted

    NO OFFENSE TAKEN!!
    I totally agree with you.

    I have to deal with the public. I'm in sales, both tangible and non-tangible.
    I am always amazed at the average American's inability to speak proper English.
    It's not dialect, that does pose a problem at times because a lazy tongue makes one's
    speech nearly impossible to understand, but it's the word usage that makes me cringe.

    IE: "He dove into the pool" *dived, dove is a noun (type of bird), not a verb.
    " Ain't got no" "He do it all times" "Time to worsh the clothes"
    "Must of (could of, should of, etc) taken a long time" 'of' instead of 'have'.
    " He did it per se". Per se is in reflection of a thing, not a person.
    "Irregardless" Never understood why someone ever invented this word.
    "Could have cared less" Anyone says this instead of "Couldn't" is truly showing
    their lack of understanding the difference of the two words.
     
    Dane, Feb 22, 2020
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  11. whitecoffee1

    whitecoffee1 Moderator Staff Member

    To paraphrase Mick Jagger:

    "I can't get no satisfaction when reading this."
     
    whitecoffee1, Feb 22, 2020
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  12. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    That's because you were more/most likely exposed to Monty Python humor than American kids. We would have to watch Canadian PBS to see it. Most didn't even know about it. There are a lot of politicians who don't want intelegent voters, just a herd of stupid lemmings.
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  13. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    Im Deutsch bitte. (In German please. )
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  14. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    It's all Latin (to start with) to me.
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  15. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    The next thing I will hear is the "boot" is actually the "trunk" of an automobile.
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  16. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    No, its a submarine.

    I saw the movie.
     
    pussycat, Feb 26, 2020
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  17. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    No wonder I have not seen the pooch around for a while.
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  18. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    Where is the Ebonics version of this? I think schools still follow Ebonics version of everything.
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  19. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    Only in Germany!
     
    Brutus58, Feb 26, 2020
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  20. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    I watched the German version. :D

    With subtitles. :oops:

    It was a very good movie, and I don't like war movies. :p
     
    pussycat, Feb 26, 2020
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