Ron wrote: > Every time I write a phrase using _its_ or _it's_ I have to > stop and think about it.
Other very common errors are: (1) Misuse of "your" and "you're", (2) Misuse of "their" and "there" and "they're", (3) Misuse "to" and "too". We all make such errors on occasion, but when any individual native English speaker commits these errors persistently, it reflects badly on that individual even in informal communication. For the sake of personal pride, I try to avoid these errors, even though I know that the message would still be understood. Keith wrote: > I'm just glad that CW is for the most part a punctuation-free > mode! Morse has a rich assortment of punctuation, including one for the apostrophe (.----.). I learned many 30 years ago while preparing for my commercial radiotelegraph license exam. When Notice to Mariner bulletins (NAVAREAs and HYDROLANTs) were still being sent in Morse on the maritime HF bands, one came across frequent use of the open parenthesis (-.--.), close parenthesis (-.--.-), and colon (---...). Today I still write "=" whenever I hear the -...- (BT) combination. Even Army MARS Morse bulletins 25 years ago sometimes used them, most likely due to inexperience on the part of someone using a Morse keyboard to prepare the broadcast. The general membership did not seem to like such surprises in the text that they were trying to copy! Mike / KK5F _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
