From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-05-27T01:38:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Language corrections

On 5/26/05, Ralph PJPizza Siegler <pjpizza@rsiegler.org> wrote:
> 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.


> 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.
> >
> 
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