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Jan 18, 2021
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thirdgencoug
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Umm, Donald Douglas founded Douglas Aircraft.
Douglas Aircraft later merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.
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Shortsighted and selfish vanity.....
LEDSFW
1/18/21 12:26pm
Yikes! Is there an executive summary?
WallaX2
1/18/21 12:31pm
TL;DR Your speech/grammar matters & you can get rid of your 'Southerness'.
m0resn0w
1/18/21 12:46pm
It’s a pet peeve of mine when people start a sentence with “Dad was....”. It should say, “My dad was...”
RdF3
1/18/21 12:35pm
Your dad was what? 😉
LEDSFW
1/18/21 12:36pm
..distinguished as a pilot, officer, leader and went on to Georgia Tech where he finished #2 by <2/100 of a point in his
RdF3
1/18/21 12:38pm
people do the same thing with words like "guy" and "dude." It's weird.
Belboz
1/18/21 12:51pm
Why “should” it be that way? You can use “Dad” as a name.
Tricky
1/18/21 1:23pm
Why would it be a pet peeve to leave out a word that's generally understood?
ManicBlue
1/18/21 2:46pm
It’s truly the only pet peeve I have. Everything else is trivial.
RdF3
1/18/21 2:52pm
I have a few grammar pet peeves but the most annoying have to do with
ManicBlue
1/18/21 2:58pm
Agree... He's not my dad
Cougphysio
1/18/21 5:48pm
RE: Agree... He's not my day
ManicBlue
1/18/21 6:32pm
Stupid typos!
Cougphysio
1/18/21 7:49pm
Rule 10: Be precise in your speech.
dfudge
1/18/21 12:56pm
How you speak has a lot to do with how you are perceived...
PortlandCoug
1/18/21 1:04pm
Who was this written for? The author's vanity?
Sid Vicious
1/18/21 1:06pm
Vicious, Sid!
OldFogey
1/18/21 4:15pm
He wrote this because earlier he said a recruit in NV wouldn’t get into BYU
Coug Man in Florida
1/18/21 6:12pm
So it really was for his own personal vanity?
Sid Vicious
1/18/21 9:29pm
Your dad helped build the plane my dad flew.
endy
1/18/21 2:01pm
RE: Shortsighted and selfish vanity.....
provofan
1/18/21 3:15pm
Good for your dad
mtnbiker
1/18/21 3:52pm
Umm, Donald Douglas founded Douglas Aircraft.
thirdgencoug
1/18/21 4:19pm
You didn't even read his or my comments.
mtnbiker
1/18/21 5:00pm
and the unwashed masses will reply your trying whitewash them.
BYU Grounds
1/18/21 4:55pm
To me, the question is who the prescriptive “should” should be directed at.
The Chelsea Dagger
1/18/21 6:13pm
Yup and let’s remember that one word they say doesn’t define their academic
Coug Man in Florida
1/18/21 6:03pm
You think recruiting doesn't make a different for 67% of college athletes? I...
COACHdrn
1/18/21 7:12pm
i agree. It appears to me like he made up that statistic. With things going
cwilke1
1/20/21 7:19am
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