Lens vs. Lenses
Jul 23, 2019 09:21:02 #
Jul 23, 2019 09:23:32 #
I think correct nomenclature is important because what may seem obvious to us can be confusing to a novice.
Jul 23, 2019 09:37:03 #
just goes to show you how many DUMMIES there are out here. But do they learn from their mistakes?
Jul 23, 2019 09:49:18 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Fotomacher wrote:
And while we are “at it” , let us have a go at apostrophes. They are used ONLY when you denoting a possessive case, as in “my wife’s camera” or if plural as in “my friends’ cameras”. This is correct “Nikon’s announcement”. This is not correct “I have 6 lenses for my Nikon’s”. Got it people? Americans have mangled the English language enough already.
um, not ONLY. Also used when identifying contractions - didn't you know that ?
Jul 23, 2019 09:50:33 #
kpmac wrote:
Grammar and spelling are important. They are both going the way of the dinosaurs. Political correctness and diversity training are more important to educators now.
How do you spell it?
Jul 23, 2019 09:51:20 #
Jul 23, 2019 09:56:19 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
47greyfox wrote:
Norm Crosby could easily resolved and significantly shortened this thread. Any Hoggers live in Boston? He’s there somewhere.
I think things would be much easier if we all spoke the punctuation - like Victor Borge. Then at least the punctuation would be understood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGA4alhPas at about the 5:08 mark
Jul 23, 2019 10:15:44 #
Howard5252 wrote:
I believe I could start a thread on this forum by stating that the sun is a round ball of extremely hot gas. The thread would grow to at least 12 pages and the last few of those pages would have people arguing over the angle of incidence on a mirror placed upon the ground.
Maybe so but, since the whole point of social media is the social thing, the conversation, then you would have done a good thing. If the conversation branches off into side tangents, it branches off, no big deal, it's all part of what makes a conversation a conversation. It's all good...
Jul 23, 2019 10:36:00 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Yes! And two more. Etymology and Semantics, and another for Photo Slang, Terminology, and Colquilisiams, Past and
Present.
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Present.
Subscribers will be authorized to "police" the forum and report and correct violators. 😁
Does colquilisiams mean the same as colloquialisms? Just asking for a friend?
I realize that some get angry over being called out on spelling errors but honestly there are times when a post is hard to read because of poor spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. I would rather have someone pleasantly correct my errors so that I do not look like a dunce on a continual basis.
Yes I do realize that some here are from foreign lands and have problems with the English language. But would those people who are trying to get used to the English not want to learn the correct spelling of words they use on a daily basis.
Almost every day I see the word where used instead of were as in, We were there. I see the words advice and advise used interchangeably when they each have a separate meaning. I will advise you on giving advice to your neighbor.
There are others but I will stop there. Words, spelling and punctuation do make a difference.
Dennis
Jul 23, 2019 10:40:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I think you'll find that human beings prefer their own opinions to facts. "Well, that's how I spell it."
Many years ago, an advertising exec for whom I did some commercial work told me that he could sell ice to an eskimo if he put the ad on television often enough. Of course, today he'd have to sell that ice to an Inuit person because the term eskimo is now not PC. We are a country of some crazy contradictions. Wow.
Jul 23, 2019 10:46:27 #
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Jul 23, 2019 10:53:28 #
Peteso
Loc: Blacks Hills
The two Olympus lenses that work with the Olympus 1.4x teleconverter are the 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO and the 300mm f/4 PRO. Double that for full frame equivalent (“FFE”), which results in a FFE range from 80mm to 840mm. Teleconverter is not cheap, but it preserves quality. That’s a lot of “bang for the buck.”
Jul 23, 2019 10:57:35 #
My wise old grandmother taught me in 1966 to add laughter to each day. This thread is today's laughter.
Jul 23, 2019 11:05:01 #
lmTrying
Loc: WV Northern Panhandle
jerryc41 wrote:
As any politician knows, if enough people believe a lie, it becomes the truth.
Ah! So that's how American politics works! That explains soooo much.
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