Does poor grammar bug you and do you even reward these users?
https://leofinance.io/@hitmeasap/spelling-errors-and-to-reward-people-for-mistakes
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Does poor grammar bug you and do you even reward these users?
https://leofinance.io/@hitmeasap/spelling-errors-and-to-reward-people-for-mistakes
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He makes some good points, but I shared one thing that may cause me to click away from an article. I see it done a lot and I usually sigh when a page like that loads.
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I like those what split it up with one language on the left and the other on the right.
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There is a young man over on Publish0x, recent college grad, interned in Congress, who tries to write articles on DeFi related stuff. I painfully read his articles for what is sometimes good content, ignoring all the spelling errors and grammar mistakes.
I am so so tempted to comment and ask if he proof reads before posting. Also, I'd like to suggest to him to turn on his spell check and sign up for Grammerly - its free.
Depending on his content I do tip him. But only at 20%.
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That's a good idea. I use Grammarly and it's a very useful little tool.
I like to think that my English is at a decent level but because I have no formal education on that language I make a lot of grammar mistakes and that thing really covers my ass most of the times lol
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You might as well. If he doesn't learn what is wrong then he will never fix it. I would prefer if people told me directly so I can do better next time.
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Might be valuable to suggest that to him.
These kids grew up in the age of texting so proper writing is not something they think about.
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No doubt. From time to time my kids would show me a text they sent or one they received. I didn't understand a word of it with all the abbreviations. And we will not discuss the spelling...well it made me wonder what the hell our schools are teaching them.
And... they wouldn't know subject or predicate from their ass if it wasn't attached.
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You know the answer to that. They are being conditioned.
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Conditioned in all the wrong ways. Civics - gone. 1619 Project curriculum - bullshit. Math - hell they can't add. English - half can't read 3rd Grade Level and writing skills, forget about it.
Yup, a lot to be proud of in the American Educational system!
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Since english is not my native language I don't believe I can demand very high standards from anyone so I don't really mind mistakes and errors if the context and the information are still there.
However, I have clicked away from a few posts that were just way too hard to understand because of the way the sentences were structured. It was like the person just used a translator without checking if the result made any sense.
I have to say though that poor formating bugs me waaay more than poor grammar.
If I see a post that is a huge block of text without structured paragraphs and spaces in between I don't even bother to start reading it.
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Yeah, I do this too. I do not demand a high standard, as my English is also not so great, However I demand a particular level which is describe as common knowledge.
Whenever I see a post that is extremely hard to read and comprehend, I just skip it all together
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Yea I think having a outline and maybe a few headers lets everyone understand where you are going. But I do understand because I don't like to see huge walls of text. I expect at least a picture or some line breaks.
I tend not to do it for comments though because I am lazy though.
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More likely cut someone slack who is known to speak/write in another language.
Yet that is not all the culprits. It is acceptable when it is someone where English is a second language but when it is their only language, that is a problem.
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Personally, I am tolerant of ungrammatical and misspelled text, especially if the author has ESL (English as the Second Language). However, if a particular author has made the same writing (typing) mistake three times in a row (which I just remember without actively searching for those mistakes), I kindly point it out. 🤔
Yea but we don't see many people call it out and that is the problem. They just consider it a shit post and move on.
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I think that one of the reasons why such errors are not pointed out is the risk that the author might take (and respond to) the feedback negatively. 🤔