Re: English Spelling and Usage

Posted by su8overdrive On 2014/2/7 18:44:08

Profound thanks, Dave, for launching this long overdue thread. Most here gathered demonstrate a grasp of the mother tongue above and beyond most dumb car guy sites, perhaps not surprising as they've the education to appreciate and afford
Packard refinement. A few glimpses of Company publications,
especially from the brass era through the Alvan Macauley
years, he leaving April, 1948, reveal this refinement extended to advertising, shop and parts manuals, press releases.

That, and tho' this be an informal venue 'mongst kindred spirits, bothering to proof what you write before clicking submit is a simple show of courtesy, respect for the reader.
Also, we tend to question the credibility of the poster's
knowledge when he shows less than a nodding familiarity with the language we all share.

The Packard family was of direct English ancestry, after all, and i note the 1941-47 Clipper Master Parts Book refers to my car's hood as the "bonnet." So given the fine engineering throughout our cars; that Packard consistently
offered in all endeavors, and advertised in the New Yorker and Literary Digest, among others, we might bother to put a wee bit of effort into our posts.

Thanks again, Dave.