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Typo in the title of the paper makes me not want to read it.
by vinni2 6y ago
Typo in the title of the paper makes me not want to read it.
- barbecue_sauce 6y agoIt gives it a "Borat-esque" quality.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoBorat is a caricature of a Central Asian man and the author is also from Central Asia. Hmm
- vinni2 6y agoHow am supposed to know it’s a phrase? Shouldn’t it be in quotes?
- ColinWright 6y agoIt's a pre-print, made available early, and English is not the author's first language. I think you're being a bit harsh.
- vinni2 6y agoHow am I supposed to know the author is non-English speaker? Unfortunately it is true with at least academic articles typos and grammatical errors are it will be perceived as low quality article.
- jonsen 6y agoOne click on the authors name gave: “Mr. Ildar Rakhmatulin South Ural State University“
- ColinWright 6y agoThe academics I know ... and I know quite a few ... are understanding about people writing in languages other than their native language. Perhaps you should just go with your original thought and not read anything if you find any kind of grammatical error.
- Symbiote 6y agoWould you have preferred the researcher to publish in Russian?
- vinni2 6y agoNo but I am sure he has English speaking friends who could proofread it.
- hutzlibu 6y agoA bit of a arrogant anglocentristic point of view? Why do you assume everyone in the world has native english speakers as friends, willing to do free proofreading?
- kwdc 6y agoI found a bunch of people to proofread my work for free. Why would you assume everyone charges for everything?
- hutzlibu 6y ago"Why would you assume everyone charges for everything" Where did I do this?!? I know people who do this, but I know many native english speakers. People in russia for example might not have that opportunity.
- kwdc 6y agoYou wrote: "Why do you assume everyone in the world has native english speakers as friends, willing to do free proofreading?" So you didn't write that? Ok. The people who proofread my work aren't in my immediate circle of friends. My point is that you can find people out in the world that aren't in your current bubble. I have access to people now who speak and read more languages than I ever will. Some of them are in Russia. I think you are inadvertantly placing limits where they may not really be.
- ROARosen 6y agoDo you have any evidence correlating proficiency in grammatically-correct English and research quality?
- globular-toast 6y agoIt's not a typo, it's a grammatical error. It's a pet peeve of mine when people refer to any kind of mistake at all as a "typo".