Dale,
why is it that you can write such a long response to us,
yet you wrote such a flippant response to someone who you
obviously understood? Why not just respond to the stated
question, instead of trying to belittle the person who in
your opinion, used improper grammer? You seem to have
understood what he meant.
About 'sit for' an exam. Dale, that is a well-known term
used to mean 'take an exam'. Do a quick internet search
on 'sit for' 'exam'. You'll see it everywhere. Sure it
does not need to be stated that one will literally 'sit'
for this exam. In fact, not all exams involves one sitting
for the entire time. Really. You are not required to sit
down for a ms exam. You can kneel down if you want to and
you can stand up too. Hell you can use a combination of
them all, but figuratively speaking you are still sitting
for the exam, i.e. taking the darn thing.
Jackie, MCAD for Microsoft .NET
>-----Original Message-----
>"Write" vs "take" is not an issue of language; it's an
issue of grammar.
>Many native English speakers say they are going
to "write" an exam or say
>that they completed the "paper." Microsoft writes
exams. We take them.
>They're all done on the computer. There is no paper
other than the score
>sheet at the end.
>
>My comment was not motivated by the nationality of the
person who said he
>(or she) was going to write an exam. I do not have any
way of knowing who
>that person is or what his or her nationality is.
>
>You folks could take a lesson from your own book. Don't
take yourselves or
>all of this too seriously.
>
>By the way. Sitting for the exam is assumed and doesn't
have to be stated.
>As far as I am aware, unless there's an ADA issue
involved, standing for a
>certification exam is not allowed.
>
>Dale
>
>"Mike" <> wrote in
message
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>> Couldn't agree more.
>>
>> When chastising someone for using 'write' when they
>> mean 'take' just makes you look like the stupid fool you
>> are. Anyone with half a brain can figure out what they
>> mean.
>>
>> -Mike
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Being that we are all working towards a professional
>> >certification, I will assume that we are all
intelligent,
>> >upstanding people. There are people here who are from
>> >countries around the world and some of these other
>> >professionals are not native speakers or writers of the
>> >English language. English is very difficult to learn
>> >because of the intricacies of the language and some
>> >languages just don't translate literally. Let's show
our
>> >sensitivities and respect for others, as professional
as
>> >we are, by not nitpicking these posts for proper
English.
>> >It doesn't take long to realize that when someone
writes
>> >he is going to 'give' an exam, we know he means 'take'
>> >or 'sit for' the exam. I'm sure they are doing the best
>> >they can to be clear to us.
>> >
>> >Jackie, MCAD for Microsoft .NET
>> >.
>> >
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