Correcting poor grammar (was Getting Rid of Damp)
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:11:47 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:
You should have typed 'doubtlessly" (not doubless). Aside from the incorrect
spelling of the root word you compounded your folly by not using it as an
adjective. "Which is (doubtlessly) why."
I don't have the original from Wilbur, he's in my KF. How I managed to read the post of his below must be down to poor KF management on my part. That he has the audacity to post the above, when he wrote what is below is beyond me.
In article s.com, Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
I agree. I've got the spaces between the component (inner liner) and
the hull all poured with two-part, urethane closed-cell foam. It makes
The word 'all' in the above is completely redundant, and using it there makes you look a fool. You've named what is being referenced, so there is no need for 'all'.
the boat stronger, quieter, unsinkable and eliminates the condensation
in all but the most ideal conditions for it.
"The boat stronger" what does that mean?
Ending a sentence with a preposition?! Wilbur, surely, with
qualifications that entitle you to criticise how is it possible you
could make such a mistake?
The overhead will get
condensation on it when cooking and boiling water but that's about it
and that soon evaporates.
Water vapour will condense on it, it doesn't "get condensation on it".
The condensation hasn't arrived there from somewhere else, one is the
condenser and the other the condensate. For it to 'get condensation on
it' the vapour must condense elsewhere and then, somehow, transfer.
Perhaps you meant to say "water will condense on it".
Also keeping the hatches open when aboard, which is most of the time
for us real sailors,
OK, this one isn't a grammar/spelling error, but, dammit, it wasn't
spotted by anybody: Living on a boat doesn't make you a real sailor.
*Sailing* is what makes people sailors.
helps keep the boat surfaces and air temperature
in synch so you're correct there Karin.
Now you don't know to whom you are replying.
If a boat doesn't have an insulated hull it's going to sweat and their
is nothing that can be done
Their?! WTF?!
Wilbur, please don't criticise other's use of the language when you
butcher it so badly yourself.
Justin.
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Justin C, by the sea.
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