[sdiy] OT: grammar, spelling and communication

[R. D. Davis]

Quothe Tim Parkhurst, from writings of Fri, May 27, 2005 at 02:48:03PM -0700:
> there: A place or destination. As in "I wanted to go there."

While we're on the topic of pickin' nits: one of my pet peeves is the
trend towards people using "there's" or "there is" rather than "there
are" in their sentences.  For example, "There's great sounding
synth. circuits on that web site." as opposed to "There are great
sounding synth. circuits on that web site."

> "Isn't" is a contraction of "Is" and "not."

Also...

"Ain't" followed by "no" is a double negative.  "There ain't no
resistors in stock!" means that there are resistors in stock.  Sorry,
I couldn't resist adding this. :-)

> More than one transistor are transistors.

Let's not forget the appropriate usage of words with certain endings,
such as "formula," when plurals are involved.  "Formulas" is
incorrect; "formulae" is correct.  If a word ends in "us," the correct
ending for plural usage is 'i,' not "uses."

Just my two cents worth.

RDD

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