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Your post had three spelling errors in it before the end of #1, so that's where I stopped reading.
by novia 10y ago
Your post had three spelling errors in it before the end of #1, so that's where I stopped reading.
- SmooL 10y agoReally? This isn't a post about the English language - the author is putting his thoughts down and sharing them. If it's written well enough you can understand it without trouble, then that should be good enough.
- novia 10y agoProofreading is important. I get annoyed each time that I read a spelling error, so I operate by the 3 strikes and you're out method. If I had kept reading only to find even more errors, it would have been too distracting for me to pay attention to what the author was trying to say anyways.
- SmooL 10y agoI understand that proofreading and spelling are important, but there's a time and place for everything. In this context, this isn't one of those times. What do you really contribute by rejecting an article after 3 spelling mistakes that has nothing to do with grammar in the first place?
- dang 10y agoPlease don't post rude, unsubstantive comments to HN. This is an international site. We're fortunate that non-native English speakers take the trouble to share their thoughts with us here. How many of us could read them if they didn't?
- novia 10y agoMy apologies to fiedzia. I did not realize you were a non-native English speaker.