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| Topic: | Now THIS is the kind of attention to detail that I'm talking about! This thread has 15 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 11:59 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 12:19 |
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| Post 3 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 12:23 |
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Attention to detail is noting that neither writer understands when to capitalize the word "it."
Otherwise, that is awesome.
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 15:00 |
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On January 6, 2015 at 12:23, KeithDBrown said...
Attention to detail is noting that neither writer understands when to capitalize the word "it."
Otherwise, that is awesome. And in a sentence like yours, 'it' is preferred because it's used as an example, not a direct quote.
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 17:09 |
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On January 6, 2015 at 15:00, highfigh said...
And in a sentence like yours, 'it' is preferred because it's used as an example, not a direct quote. Well played sir. Well played.
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| Post 6 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 17:13 |
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On January 6, 2015 at 17:09, KeithDBrown said...
Well played sir. Well played. Or, plaid.
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 17:43 |
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Apparently "they" haven't met my son, or they would know that the Earth most definitely revolves around him...
Or so it seems..
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 17:43 |
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Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head.
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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish... |
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| OP | Post 9 made on Wednesday January 7, 2015 at 02:36 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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This one fits here too in a strange way... really knowing the details! 
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 10 made on Wednesday January 7, 2015 at 21:10 |
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You are all wrong, everything in existence and beyond and before orbits around my mother in law, just ask her she will tell you!
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| Post 11 made on Thursday January 8, 2015 at 07:33 |
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This is a good one....the original statement on the dry erase board is in fact correct. Earth does revolve around the sun--one complete trip (a year) is a revolution. The person who commented at the bottom of the dry erase board is halfway correct. 'Orbit' describes an elliptical or elongated path of an object in space around another object caused by the central object's gravitational force. 'Revolves' and 'orbits' are synonymous, with 'orbits' being more specific. The planet of course also rotates on its own axis, giving us days.
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| Post 12 made on Thursday January 8, 2015 at 08:56 |
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On January 8, 2015 at 07:33, cshepard said...
This is a good one....the original statement on the dry erase board is in fact correct. Earth does revolve around the sun--one complete trip (a year) is a revolution. The person who commented at the bottom of the dry erase board is halfway correct. 'Orbit' describes an elliptical or elongated path of an object in space around another object caused by the central object's gravitational force. 'Revolves' and 'orbits' are synonymous, with 'orbits' being more specific. The planet of course also rotates on its own axis, giving us days. They may be synonymous, but an object can't orbit while stationary. It can, however, rotate and 'rotate' is the word that should be used when describing an object that's turning around its axis.
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| Post 13 made on Thursday January 8, 2015 at 11:51 |
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On January 8, 2015 at 08:56, highfigh said...
They may be synonymous, but an object can't orbit while stationary. It can, however, rotate and 'rotate' is the word that should be used when describing an object that's turning around its axis. Yes but I said 'revolves' and 'orbits' are synonymous, not 'rotates' and orbits'.
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| Post 14 made on Thursday January 8, 2015 at 13:26 |
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On January 8, 2015 at 11:51, cshepard said...
Yes but I said 'revolves' and 'orbits' are synonymous, not 'rotates' and orbits'. I guess I should have written "The white board indicated that the Earth revolves around its axis, when It actually rotates around it". Sorry. I'll try to avoid this kind of thing in the future.
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| Post 15 made on Thursday January 8, 2015 at 14:25 |
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Webster considers both meanings of "revolve" as valid. However, what is definitely incorrect is the statement that a three-dimensional body revolves around its center of mass (a point); it revolves around an axis. So the second writer is doubly wrong.
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