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[miniwyo]

I thought the language police had left the forum. Now I have to back to keeping my fingers from doing their own thinking.[sigh]

Lol! Read that back to yourself! [:P] Meh, the grammar police may be here, but if you don’t care about it, then it shouldn’t bother you! [:P]

[jeaton]

I thought the language police had left the forum. Now I have to back to keeping my fingers from doing their own thinking.[sigh]

Lol! Read that back to yourself! [:P] Meh, the grammar police may be here, but if you don’t care about it, then it shouldn’t bother you! [:P]

Hey, quote what I meant to say, not what I said.

[erikem]

Here in western Wisconsin, my radiation meter peaked out at 47 mrem per hour for about 60 minutes on the evening of December 15th. For reference, our normal exposure to cosmic radiation totals about 40 mrem PER YEAR. Incidentally, our normal exposure from background radiation from all sources (cosmic, terrestrial, medical, and nuclear fallout) totals about 360 mrem per year.

First thought that came to my mind was “are you sure that meter is properly calibrated?” Second thought was “are you sure that was milli-rem and not micro-rem?” If you were getting 47 mrem/hr at near sea-level, I’d hate to think what people were getting at FL370or so.

Background radiation here in San Diego normally averages around 4 to 6 micro-rem per hour.

[CNW534]

First thought that came to my mind was “are you sure that meter is properly calibrated?”

Calibrated 2 years ago.

Second thought was “are you sure that was milli-rem and not micro-rem?”

4.7 on the 10x scale. That was peak, which lasted only a few minutes. It appeared to algorithmically increase starting about 20 minutes before peak and similarly decreased after peak…like a bell curve.

Mark

[CShaveRR]

Jay, you’ve nothing to worry about–unless you give this ex-editor a really great opening! My fingers sometimes have a mind of their own, too.

[tree68]

It appeared to algorithmically increase starting about 20 minutes before peak and similarly decreased after peak…like a bell curve.

I don’t usually do the grammar cop thing - but i think that’s logarithmically.

And I missed the show. Have seen some doozies in the past, though, right out in my own back yard…

[zardoz]

Grammar cop on duty: The importance of correct punctuation. Please read carefully.

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours?

Gloria

Compare it to:

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,

Gloria

[Mookie]

At least I can understand Gloria and John.

[Mookie]

Isn’t verb a verb?

Nope! “Verb,” is a noun, defined as, “A word that expresses an action, occurance or mode of being.”

In your sentence, the verb is, “Isn’t.”

And Who’s still on first!

Ain’t English wonderful…[%-)]

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in hiragana and Kanji)

That was a question, not a statement… [:X]

[CShaveRR]

I thought the language police had left the forum. Now I have to back to keeping my fingers from doing their own thinking.[sigh]

Lol! Read that back to yourself! [:P] Meh, the grammar police may be here, but if you don’t care about it, then it shouldn’t bother you! [:P]

Hey, quote what I meant to say, not what I said.

Darn! I missed that one. Jay, that isn’t bad for someone who’s backing up to the keyboard!

[erikem]

First thought that came to my mind was “are you sure that meter is properly calibrated?”

Calibrated 2 years ago.

Fair enough, doubt that it would have drifted much in the intervening two years.

Second thought was “are you sure that was milli-rem and not micro-rem?”

4.7 on the 10x scale. That was peak, which lasted only a few minutes. It appeared to algorithmically increase starting about 20 minutes before peak and similarly decreased after peak…like a bell curve.

Hmmm, still wondering if you were reading micro-rems as opposed to milli-rems - the 1x scale on the survey meters I’ve seen are for micro-rem, with typical back-ground at sea level being about 5 to 10 micro-rem per hour. A reading of 47 micro-rem/hr is still pretty impressive - and makes me glad that I wasn’t flying in that area - the dose rate at 37,000 feet would have been several times higher than what you were reading. If you were indded seeing 47 milli-rem/hr, the dose rate at altitude would have been close to half a rem/hr, which is high enough that flightcrews would have to been treated as radiation workers.

I’m glad you posted your observations as it is interesting to see how much of an effect a solar flae can have at ground level.

[tomikawaTT]

Isn’t verb a verb?

Nope! “Verb,” is a noun, defined as, “A word that expresses an action, occurance or mode of being.”

In your sentence, the verb is, “Isn’t.”

And Who’s still on first!

Ain’t English wonderful…[%-)]

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in hiragana and Kanji)

That was a question, not a statement… [:X]

And a very grammatical interrogatory sentence it was. OTOH, my one-word quick answer wasn’t. It should have been a more formal, “No, it isn’t.”

Note that, “isn’t,” is the verb in that one, too.

Ant Who’s STILL on first. (He ought to be. He’s the first baseman.)

Chuck

[Datafever]

Isn’t verb a verb?

Nope! “Verb,” is a noun, defined as, “A word that expresses an action, occurance or mode of being.”

In your sentence, the verb is, “Isn’t.”

And Who’s still on first!

Ain’t English wonderful…[%-)]

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in hiragana and Kanji)

That was a question, not a statement… [:X]

And a very grammatical interrogatory sentence it was. OTOH, my one-word quick answer wasn’t. It should have been a more formal, “No, it isn’t.”

Note that, “isn’t,” is the verb in that one, too.

Ant Who’s STILL on first. (He ought to be. He’s the first baseman.)

Chuck

Well, to get completely technical (like who really cares anyway), “isn’t” is not a verb. “Isn’t” is comprised of two words - “is” and “n’t” (which is a contraction of the word “not”). “Is” is a verb. “Not” is an adverb.