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I stumbled on this article, so needed to hear your opinion, as I could not believe it ... any medical personnel on HN is this a real thing?

tinus_hn 6y ago
For what it’s worth, the spelling and grammar mistakes don’t inspire confidence. Anyway chances are they’re going to have a hard time finding subjects for their last phase in 2022.
- NiceWayToDoIT 6y ago
  Thanks, English is my third language, I will try to improve it.
  - dctoedt 6y ago
    I think GP was referring to the grammar and spelling in the article, not yours. (The article authors are likely not writing in their first language(s) either, but what they wrote was certainly understandable.)
    - tinus_hn 6y ago
      I hold a scientific article to a different standard than a comment on a web forum. It isn’t that much effort to run an article through a spell checker or have it corrected by a native speaker.
      - dctoedt 6y ago
        I take your point, but: 1. This looked more like an early-results announcement than a scrubbed, peer-reviewed paper. Given the pandemic-related subject matter, it seems as though it'd be more important to publicize possibly-lifesaving results as soon as possible than to fix immaterial problems with grammar and spelling. 2. Assuming that we want English to continue being competitive as a global lingua franca (as do I, for selfish reasons), it behooves us native speakers to be tolerant of "aberational" usage by non-native speakers, as opposed to invidiously looking down on those whose usage doesn't conform to our notions of correctness. (In fact, it'd be good to allow a simplified grammar and spelling to evolve, akin to what I understand used to be the role of Koine Greek, as opposed to Attic Greek, in the days of the Roman Empire.)
        tinus_hn 6y ago
        The results will come in 2022. No need to rush.
        Fjolsvith 6y ago
        That's a long time for a vapor inhalant to be effective.

tinus_hn 6y ago

For what it’s worth, the spelling and grammar mistakes don’t inspire confidence. Anyway chances are they’re going to have a hard time finding subjects for their last phase in 2022.

NiceWayToDoIT 6y ago
Thanks, English is my third language, I will try to improve it.
- dctoedt 6y ago
  I think GP was referring to the grammar and spelling in the article, not yours. (The article authors are likely not writing in their first language(s) either, but what they wrote was certainly understandable.)
  - tinus_hn 6y ago
    I hold a scientific article to a different standard than a comment on a web forum. It isn’t that much effort to run an article through a spell checker or have it corrected by a native speaker.
    - dctoedt 6y ago
      I take your point, but: 1. This looked more like an early-results announcement than a scrubbed, peer-reviewed paper. Given the pandemic-related subject matter, it seems as though it'd be more important to publicize possibly-lifesaving results as soon as possible than to fix immaterial problems with grammar and spelling. 2. Assuming that we want English to continue being competitive as a global lingua franca (as do I, for selfish reasons), it behooves us native speakers to be tolerant of "aberational" usage by non-native speakers, as opposed to invidiously looking down on those whose usage doesn't conform to our notions of correctness. (In fact, it'd be good to allow a simplified grammar and spelling to evolve, akin to what I understand used to be the role of Koine Greek, as opposed to Attic Greek, in the days of the Roman Empire.)
      - tinus_hn 6y ago
        The results will come in 2022. No need to rush.
        Fjolsvith 6y ago
        That's a long time for a vapor inhalant to be effective.