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The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery
The New York Times reports that laser eye surgery — now performed on nearly a third of every new class of midshipmen — is transforming Naval careers. Navy doctors are performing these operations with "assembly-line efficiency," allowing older pilots to continue flying, and those who might otherwise have been disqualified to pursue flight school. The number of procedures has reportedly climbed from 50 to 349 over the past five years. The Navy uses a different procedure than that used on civilians — grinding the cornea rather than cutting a flap — out of fears that the flap could come loose in supersonic combat.
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Article Poster wrote:
"The Navy uses a different procedure than that used on civilians --"
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Just FYI, it should be "..uses a different procedure FROM that used.."
One thing is different FROM another, not different THAN another.
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I learned this from my father, who is a bona fide Cunning Linguist.
Seriously. He's a Linguistics professor at UT Austin.
If you have dyslexia, how can you spell dyslexia correctly while being unable to spell 'lose'?
Ninjas and pirates. How piquant.
Thanks, I'll try not to loose site of my humility.
Sight, not site. Unless you keep your humidity stored offsite.
I drank what? -- Socrates
Because I am not the original poster, however, FYI most people with dyslexia spell phonetically (obviously my spelling shows I do this), dy-s-lex-ia real easy to spell, loo-se, lo-se not so easy to spell.
What?