User talk:Jcronen1

Spelling fix

Hi Jcronen1, I noticed that you changed the word 'waive' to 'wave' in the sentence in STS-125 that said: managers on the ground chose to waive off the second opportunity. Just so you know, waive is a correct word for that sentence, as it means A: to relinquish voluntarily B: to refrain from pressing C: to put off from immediate consideration. While 'wave' also works, you can see here and here that 'waive' is how it is often spelled by NASA. Cheers, Ariel♥Gold 15:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ArielGold, Thanks for your input, but actually I'm going to have to disagree with NASA. I've always seen that you "wave off" a landing but you "waive" your opportunity to do something. "Waive" is a transitive verb so it has to take an object (i.e., can't take a prepositional phrase). Most on-line dictionaries agree with me. The Free Dictionary Dictionary.com Jcronen1 (talk) 02:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]