Comments on: After a Great Deal of Delay, I’m Back

By: Ralf Goergens

Ralf Goergens — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:29:46 +0000

Hi Robert,

nice to see you back! :)

How are you?

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:10:25 +0000

When I was reading it, I honestly assumed the grammar faults were yours in transcription, not CNN in the original.

As one who has never been limited by thinking there is only one way to spell a word, I am sympathetic to CNN's errors. On the other hand, I write without the layers of editors who can ensure accuracy, fairness and intelligibility.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:41:42 +0000

The second bolded "mistake" would probably be acceptable in casual British usage--"flight test" would be short for "flight testing" (not "flight tests"). But the first one... well, I've been trying to beat "affect/effect" mistakes out of students for years, to little avail.