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Originally Posted by Tcoat
The only time anybody's writing style bugs me is when they ....
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When people like
reporters say things like:
"We are still waiting to see whether in will rain...."
And I am left hanging waiting for the "OR SOMETHING ELSE"
The "whether" means "OF THE TWO OPTIONS", so it drives me bat-shit crazy when they use "whether" and there are NOT TWO OPTIONS.
if there is only one option USE "IF".
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
I have had whole hour long meetings with engineers where I don't think 10 whole words were ever spoken. If it wasn't for acronyms we probably would have just sat staring at each other. Anybody listening in probably though we were speaking Klingon or something.
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In those meetings I will slip in "we seem to be experiencing EOOA".
And wait for someone to say "WHAT?" and I answer with "Extreme Overuse Of Acronyms".