Every so often, I see a post that either starts or ends with
"Apologies for the bad english", as the author of the post is
(probably) a non-native English speaker.
I always get the urge to redo the author's post, correcting the
grammatical / speling mistakes. But I never do, as I sometimes think
the author would be offended or something.
So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
heh, I count only 1 spelling error and 2 grammatical errors in your post. 8D
cheers!
Ralph "PJPizza"
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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:39:34AM +0900, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
Every so often, I see a post that either starts or ends with
"Apologies for the bad english", as the author of the post is
(probably) a non-native English speaker.
I always get the urge to redo the author's post, correcting the
grammatical / speling mistakes. But I never do, as I sometimes think
the author would be offended or something.
So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
on a related note (seriously) - can anyone translate some burning japanese
questions i have for some japanese ruby groups?
-a
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On Fri, 27 May 2005, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
Every so often, I see a post that either starts or ends with
"Apologies for the bad english", as the author of the post is
(probably) a non-native English speaker.
I always get the urge to redo the author's post, correcting the
grammatical / speling mistakes. But I never do, as I sometimes think
the author would be offended or something.
So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
--
email :: ara [dot] t [dot] howard [at] noaa [dot] gov
phone :: 303.497.6469
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
--Tenzin Gyatso
So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
please *do* fix my errors even if I don't explicitly re-state it in any message
Every so often, I see a post that either starts or ends with
"Apologies for the bad english", as the author of the post is
(probably) a non-native English speaker.
I always get the urge to redo the author's post, correcting the
grammatical / speling mistakes. But I never do, as I sometimes think
the author would be offended or something.
So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
The irony, of course, is that many of the worst speakers of English
are native speakers.
I was once chatting with Mauricio (batsman) and pointed out that
[name omitted], who was then a frequent poster, was a native speaker
of English. And his reply was: You're kidding!!
But I'm not thinking specifically of anyone currently active in
ruby-talk.
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:39:34AM +0900, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
> being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
> bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
heh, I count only 1 spelling error and 2 grammatical errors in your post. 8D
cheers!
Speling mistakes are intentional. Grammar mistakes aren't, but I'm
not a huge grammar nazi.
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On 5/26/05, Ralph PJPizza Siegler <pjpizza@rsiegler.org> wrote:
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:39:34AM +0900, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> Every so often, I see a post that either starts or ends with
> "Apologies for the bad english", as the author of the post is
> (probably) a non-native English speaker.
>
> I always get the urge to redo the author's post, correcting the
> grammatical / speling mistakes. But I never do, as I sometimes think
> the author would be offended or something.
>
> So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
> being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
> bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
>
So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts
being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the
bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys.
please *do* fix my errors even if I don't explicitly re-state it in any
message
<cry> me too </cry>
But please do not send the corrections to the list, because it's OT.
