Spring 2003 Catalog!

[Dr T Non-Fan]

http://www.soa.org/eande/spring03_catalog/spring03_catalog.pdf

Can't guarantee it will be available tomorrow.

(Courtesy of Jay Oliver in Actuarial Topics forum.)

[FIOB]

This one is better yet.

http://www.soa.org/eande/spring03_catalog/spring03_catalog.html

[Macroman]

It appears that the Survival Analysis text has been removed from course #4 readings. Is something taking it's place?

[Healey]

Nothing is taking "it's" place, but something may be taking "its" place.
As you can tell, this particular English error raises my ire more so than any other, even "would of" instead of "would've".

Come on -- it's a 3-letter word.

[Westley]

Nothing is taking "it's" place, but something may be taking "its" place.
As you can tell, this particular English error raises my ire more so than any other, even "would of" instead of "would've".

Come on -- it's a 3-letter word.

Unless you count it's apostrophe as a letter.

[Macroman]

ok, smartypants...do you have an answer to the question?

[glenn]

It appears that the Survival Analysis text has been removed from course #4 readings. Is something taking it's place?
Yes, full details here: http://www.actuary.ca/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6908&highlight=klugman

[Cynic]

How I envy you guys who take C4 in 2003!

[Macroman]

doh! I posted to that thread and read most of the CAS report.

I did not know that the reccommendations were being accepted, tho'.

thanks, Glenn

[The Drunken Actuary]

Nothing is taking "it's" place, but something may be taking "its" place.
As you can tell, this particular English error raises my ire more so than any other, even "would of" instead of "would've".

Come on -- it's a 3-letter word.
I sea the grammer police we're on dutey over the weakend. :roll:

[GA Peach]

Drunken - I wuz 'bout to say the same thang.

Is it really necessary to point out peoples misspelling or misuse of words? We're ALL obviously smart enough, otherwise we wouldn't be here. Must someone try to point out how brilliant they are with these silly/ridiculous corrections?! This is an actuarial discussion forum for gawd's sake - not an english professors chat room!

[Summer]

awww...i did well in survival analysis in University...too bad i didn't do so well on Probability, or I may have gotten there by now.

Oh well, I just hope that the questions that replace it aren't hard stuff (as if any of it is easy).

[Will Durant]

Is it really necessary to point out peoples misspelling or misuse of words? We're ALL obviously smart enough, otherwise we wouldn't be here.

You know what? Being "smart enough" is often not good enough.

My company recently lost out on some work we bid on. I was asked to look at the RFP and give my opinion. Content was great; presentation was great; I found 17 distinct grammar errors, many with multiple instances ("it's" made an appearance). D'ya think maybe that had something to do with losing out on the work?

[Westley]

Gotta agree with Yoda - even though I made fun of Healey.

The thing is, I don't care about typos - if you type firetuck, I won't worry about it, as it's obvious you mean firetruck, and just didn't bother to correct it, which is fine (it is, after all, a simple discussion board). But, mistaking it's vs its or than and then or stuff like that is often a systematic error, and I think Healey is doing you a favor by pointing it out - you will be glad you get it right when yopu need to. I would not have hired Yoda's firm.

[Macroman]

I don't let grammar corrections on the BB bother me. Most people realize that online writing is lax in that area, but others just can't let go. Online writing is generally like conversation.

I realized as I was posting that the contraction was probably not appropriate but was too lazy to go back and correct it, just as if I misconjugated a verb in conversation I would probably not correct myself unless I thought there was potential for confusion.

The question was posted on Nov 2 and and answered on Nov 3 it's (correct usage) now Nov 8 and time to let this one go.

[Take 2]

When faced with mounds of resumes, it's often easier to reduce the stack by rejecting those with English errors before reviewing for qualifications. This method might not be the most productive or fair, but its simplicity, objectivity, and consistency are often seen as its justification.

[Macroman]

a resume and a RF posting are much dirrent things.

[Cynic]

When faced with mounds of resumes, it's often easier to reduce the stack by rejecting those with English errors before reviewing for qualifications. This method might not be the most productive or fair, but its simplicity, objectivity, and consistency are often seen as its justification.

It depends on what position you are considering. For me, to make one or two mistakes on the resume shows that this person is not detail-oriented, which means that he or she is good for executive positions--the ones who think big. :) A resume full of mistakes is a different story, though.

[Pi Man]

I sea the grammer police we're on dutey over the weakend. :roll:
it would be more funny if you mis-spelled something....

and it's would HAVE!!! would HAVE!!!!

[The Drunken Actuary]

Is it really necessary to point out peoples misspelling or misuse of words? We're ALL obviously smart enough, otherwise we wouldn't be here.

You know what? Being "smart enough" is often not good enough.

My company recently lost out on some work we bid on. I was asked to look at the RFP and give my opinion. Content was great; presentation was great; I found 17 distinct grammar errors, many with multiple instances ("it's" made an appearance). D'ya think maybe that had something to do with losing out on the work?Oh, I didn't realize that my Rebel Forum posts should be as grammatically correct as your company's RFP. BTW, I was trying to make sense of you post, and failing to do that, a question occurred to me: was it the Request For Proposal that you reviewed or the Proposal itself?