This is not a criticism directed at anybody here. I have been known to use the wrong word occasionally or misspell words. I could not live without a spell checker, but my spell checker occasionally lets me down by letting through a) the wrong synonym (spelled correctly), or b) the wrong word (spelled correctly). Why can't it read my mind? These two words (Principle, Principal) stand out on the frequency of their misuse. So here is a reminder for: 1) Engineers/Software Developers/Animators... who use "Principle" in their job titles on their resumes, their LinkedIn profiles, and their business card job titles. I recently noticed it on a business card handed to me recently by a PhD; I have seen it often on LinkedIn profiles and resumes. It looks really bad to misspell your own job title. 2) Human Resources people who would throw YOUR resume in the trash for a misspelling, and then THEY turn around and send out a requisition for a "Principle Engineer" or describe your "Principle Duties". What can I say? 3) Math/Physics/Engineering people who deal with "Principle Value". The word is PRINCIPAL! This is pretty widespread. Now you will probably notice it a lot if you haven't already. Check the definitions below (www.oxforddictionaries.com): principal - First in order of importance; main. principle - A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. Have I ever written the wrong one somewhere? I am sure I have. It looks better if you don't. Dirk Bell Principle Engineer (joke... I think... let me look it up...) Any misspelling contained in this post is strictly the responsibility of Google or bit errors.
Principle or Principal? That is the Question.
Started by ●September 10, 2014
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
On 9/10/14 8:01 AM, bellda2005@gmail.com wrote:>...> principal - First in order of importance; main. > principle - A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. > > Have I ever written the wrong one somewhere? I am sure I have. It looks better if you don't.when i was in skool, i was taught that the Principal was my "pal". so that's how i remember to spell it and not confuse it with the other thing. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:01:58 -0700 (PDT) bellda2005@gmail.com wrote:> This is not a criticism directed at anybody here. I have been known to use the wrong word occasionally or misspell words. I could not live without a spell checker, but my spell checker occasionally lets me down by letting through > a) the wrong synonym (spelled correctly), or > b) the wrong word (spelled correctly). > Why can't it read my mind? > > These two words (Principle, Principal) stand out on the frequency of their misuse. > > So here is a reminder for: > > 1) Engineers/Software Developers/Animators... who use "Principle" in their job titles on their resumes, their LinkedIn profiles, and their business card job titles. I recently noticed it on a business card handed to me recently by a PhD; I have seen it often on LinkedIn profiles and resumes. It looks really bad to misspell your own job title. >Clearly a Principle Engineer is someone responsible for adjusting principles until they meet the job at hand. -- Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com Email address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix.
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
bellda2005@gmail.com wrote:> [snip;] > > Dirk Bell > Principle Engineer (joke... I think... let me look it up...) >CAVEAT LECTOR No rule of English usage is absolute. Would not the business card of Daniel Bernoulli read "Principle Engineer"? You need higher aspirations.
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:01:58 AM UTC+12, belld...@gmail.com wrote:> This is not a criticism directed at anybody here. I have been known to use the wrong word occasionally or misspell words. I could not live without a spell checker, but my spell checker occasionally lets me down by letting through > > a) the wrong synonym (spelled correctly), or > > b) the wrong word (spelled correctly). > > Why can't it read my mind? > > > > These two words (Principle, Principal) stand out on the frequency of their misuse. > > > > So here is a reminder for: > > > > 1) Engineers/Software Developers/Animators... who use "Principle" in their job titles on their resumes, their LinkedIn profiles, and their business card job titles. I recently noticed it on a business card handed to me recently by a PhD; I have seen it often on LinkedIn profiles and resumes. It looks really bad to misspell your own job title. > > > > 2) Human Resources people who would throw YOUR resume in the trash for a misspelling, and then THEY turn around and send out a requisition for a "Principle Engineer" or describe your "Principle Duties". What can I say? > > > > 3) Math/Physics/Engineering people who deal with "Principle Value". > > > > The word is PRINCIPAL! > > > > This is pretty widespread. Now you will probably notice it a lot if you haven't already. > > > > Check the definitions below (www.oxforddictionaries.com): > > > > principal - First in order of importance; main. > > principle - A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. > > > > Have I ever written the wrong one somewhere? I am sure I have. It looks better if you don't. > > > > Dirk Bell > > Principle Engineer (joke... I think... let me look it up...) > > > > Any misspelling contained in this post is strictly the responsibility of Google or bit errors.But worse still, what about the miss-spelling of Colour (Color) or Labour (Labour). That's wrong init.
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:01:58 AM UTC+12, belld...@gmail.com wrote:> This is not a criticism directed at anybody here. I have been known to use the wrong word occasionally or misspell words. I could not live without a spell checker, but my spell checker occasionally lets me down by letting through > > a) the wrong synonym (spelled correctly), or > > b) the wrong word (spelled correctly). > > Why can't it read my mind? > > > > These two words (Principle, Principal) stand out on the frequency of their misuse. > > > > So here is a reminder for: > > > > 1) Engineers/Software Developers/Animators... who use "Principle" in their job titles on their resumes, their LinkedIn profiles, and their business card job titles. I recently noticed it on a business card handed to me recently by a PhD; I have seen it often on LinkedIn profiles and resumes. It looks really bad to misspell your own job title. > > > > 2) Human Resources people who would throw YOUR resume in the trash for a misspelling, and then THEY turn around and send out a requisition for a "Principle Engineer" or describe your "Principle Duties". What can I say? > > > > 3) Math/Physics/Engineering people who deal with "Principle Value". > > > > The word is PRINCIPAL! > > > > This is pretty widespread. Now you will probably notice it a lot if you haven't already. > > > > Check the definitions below (www.oxforddictionaries.com): > > > > principal - First in order of importance; main. > > principle - A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. > > > > Have I ever written the wrong one somewhere? I am sure I have. It looks better if you don't. > > > > Dirk Bell > > Principle Engineer (joke... I think... let me look it up...) > > > > Any misspelling contained in this post is strictly the responsibility of Google or bit errors.But what annoys me especially is people who say "Do the Math"! It's plural - Maths!! You don't say Do the Stat - do the Stats.
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
On 2014-09-10 20:08:37 +0000, gyansorova@gmail.com said:>> Any misspelling contained in this post is strictly the responsibility >> of Google or bit errors.> But worse still, what about the miss-spelling of Colour (Color) or > Labour (Labour).Which one is correct depends on the geopgraphy of the authour. Check out the usage of things like connexion or connection.
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
gyansorova@gmail.com wrote: (snip)> But what annoys me especially is people who say "Do the Math"! > It's plural - Maths!!As well as I know, it is a collective noun in English, such that you don't add an s, but maybe not in other languages. Or, another way, that math is short for mathematics. (I tend to write OSs as the plural for OS, but maybe others don't.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun> You don't say Do the Stat - do the Stats.I suppose, but pretty often I see statistic for the singular form of statistics, which does seem strange in the same way. And then there is always the datum/data problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_noun Are stats and statistics mass nouns or collective nouns? -- glen
Reply by ●September 10, 20142014-09-10
"Richard Owlett" wrote in message news:0sSdnSqnGcDTAY3JnZ2dnUU7-XmdnZ2d@supernews.com... bellda2005@gmail.com wrote:> [snip;] > > Dirk Bell > Principle Engineer (joke... I think... let me look it up...) >CAVEAT LECTOR No rule of English usage is absolute. Including this one of course. :-) Would not the business card of Daniel Bernoulli read "Principle Engineer"? You need higher aspirations.
Reply by ●September 11, 20142014-09-11
On 9/10/2014 4:08 PM, gyansorova@gmail.com wrote:> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:01:58 AM UTC+12, belld...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Any misspelling contained in this post is strictly the responsibility of Google or bit errors. > > But worse still, what about the miss-spelling of Colour (Color) or Labour (Labour). That's wrong init.You misspelled "Labour" but I'm not telling you which one. ;) -- Rick
