• Feds Fine Oregon Company $30K Over 3-letter Word
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[QUOTE](AP) MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A three-letter word may cost one of the nation's oldest air ambulance operators a $30,000 fine. The word is "our" - a possessive personal pronoun meaning it belongs to us. But the U.S. Department of Transportation says that was the wrong word for Mercy Flights of Oregon to use to describe a helicopter technically owned by another company. The Mail Tribune reports that the helicopter was purchased for Mercy Flights' exclusive use, but a separate company was formed for the deal, and it has ownership on paper. The DOT says Mercy Flights broke laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices in the sales of air transportation by saying it is "our helicopter." The nonprofit was fined $30,000 but it will only have to pay half if it avoids other pronoun violations for a year. [url]http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/27/ap/strange/main6811237.shtml[/url][/QUOTE] Good God, the grammar nazis have punitive power now!
That's rather sensationalist reporting.
[QUOTE=Ridge;24618044]Good God, the grammar nazis have punitive power now![/QUOTE] :byodood:
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hEY YOU IS THAT A PRONOUN VIOLATION I SEE THERE FUCK YOU'RE COMING WITH ME DOWN TO THE STATION, CREEP
They use it. Plus it's a lot easier than saying "their helicopter"
That's ridiculous. You can only have 78 three-letter words in english, correct? [B]Edit:[/B] Holy shit I am terrible at math [B]Edit:[/B] Holy shit I am terrible at reading the OP.
So I guess when someone is renting a home you should sue them for saying "our home"
Some people seriously need to be slapped in the face for committing silliness. I mean, it's bullshit to sue a [i]non-profit[/i] organisation that much over so little a thing.
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[QUOTE=Benlecyborg;24618919]Why is shit news like this on our forum? OH FUCK SORRY GARRY DON'T SUE ME[/QUOTE] It beats the 4th thread about the puppy chucker....
[QUOTE=Bobie;24618373]hEY YOU IS THAT A PRONOUN VIOLATION I SEE THERE FUCK YOU'RE COMING WITH ME DOWN TO THE STATION, CREEP[/QUOTE] "Hey you" is a sentence fragment. You will need to pay the fine for that along with the fine for your capitalization and punctuation violations.
Does this mean that all their helicopter are not belong to them? I'm confused. I need to fully read this BS law.
Basically, They fined a non-profit company for having a subsidiary company own a piece of machinery, and the parent company said they owned it. [editline]12:03AM[/editline] Retarded.
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[QUOTE=Hufterkruk;24618944]Some people seriously need to be slapped in the face for committing silliness. I mean, it's bullshit to sue a [i]non-profit[/i] organisation that much over so little a thing.[/QUOTE] They didn't get sued.
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