Makes “contact”? No there is a difference between the Alians making contact and there spaceship crashing into my car and house[:(!]
Let him who is without spelling and grammar errors cast the first stone.
You did mean ‘he’, didn’t you? [;)]
[bow]
I’ll take that challenge. And I am not a him/he. I proof while writing, proof when done writing and proof even after posted and occasionally have to correct at that time. Not perfect, but there are a couple of us that actually know how to spell and don’t murder the Kings English.
Got a whole pile of rocks ready - might have to throw one once in awhile.
Youse guys haddn’t oughta had throwed no rocks at each one another. It ain’t not nice to point out other peoples faulty finger pokin.
Although I do find the verb ‘Contact’ to be somewhat misleading in this instance and that is not a good thing for a news organization to does.
Yes, Mookie; I really have to watch carefully before I post–and sometimes (even this morning), I do not carefully re-read my essay before I send it on to you and to anybody else who is interested in what I write.
Wasn’t there an article a few years ago that described a derailment as “lost contact with the rails” or something like that?
And Mookie, that kinda sounds like me. I check everything as I write it, then proofread it, then post it, and then still sometimes see errors in the final result.
I’m just glad I’m not a perfectionist. They’re never happy.
Looks like somebody woke up on the rocky side of the bed this morning.[:o)]
I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong. [swg]
My fingers will occasionally finish a word that is longer than what I intended - there vs the. Or my train of thought will wander and I’ll leave a sentence hanging. And I usually discover it right after I hit “post…”
I didn’t read the original story - based on the quoted headline, I might tend to interpret the incident was a sideswipe, as opposed to what actually happened. Were that the case, the Amtrak train would have “made contact with,” as opposed to “collided with.”
That was my first inpression–a sideswipe. I’ve since been wondering if after entering the siding, the locomotive could have still been rocking side to side that far down the track and been leaning left when it hit the CSX train.
Hmmm - looks like a boulder needs to be rolled up hill…
Watch it! I’m likely to send 5" of fresh “chance of flurries” your way.[(-D]
Ladies first!
Still better than a story headline in today’s Des Moines Register.
“Lawsuit: Dallas County did not to follow bid rules.”
Jeff
Shouldn’t it be the King’s English?
YOU KEEP TOPPING YOURSELF. i am very impressed what you can say without saying much. LOL (Lots of Love)
Or the Queen’s English?
If it were multiple kings, then it would be "Kings’ ".