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> i’m The issue with critizising someones grammer are that it always slips in an error or two.

by eCa 4y ago

ChicagoBoy11 4y ago
I see what you did there. Well played.
onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
I will never understand why some people are so quick to dismiss everything because they spot a grammar mistake. Nothing is perfect. Get over it.
- infamouscow 4y ago
  Stupidity.* It takes far less energy to dismiss something for a cosmetic, surface level error, than to engage in the merits of the discussion. *: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc
- skeeter2020 4y ago
  The human mind is engineered to be lazy though; we're hard-wired to look for short cuts and proof reading === quality isn't a terrible one. Why do you think we still have resumes, or equate a university degree with ability to program computers?
  - onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
    > Why do you think we still have resumes As opposed to what? People just showing up to interviews unannounced? > or equate a university degree with ability to program computers? Most of the really successful tech companies are doing this to a small degree. You're at a pretty big advantage if you try to get an early internship at FAANG if you went to Harvard or Stanford or whatnot - and you probably should be (and this is coming from someone who believes strongly those universities are mostly a waste). The unis already did the hard work of sifting through students to find ones who are willing to work 100x more than necessary just to get into a slightly better school. If you're FAANG, that's sort of who you want to hire for a tech internship, and eventually take advantage of with an underpaying salary for namebrand recognition upon graduation.
- _gabe_ 4y ago
  I typically don't mind if there's small grammatical errors every few pages. But if the sentence structure is consistently confusing, and there are several glaring mistakes, it usually signals to me that the author didn't care enough to proofread/edit their own writing. If the author doesn't care why should I?
Taywee 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law > Muphry's law is an adage that states: "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."[1] The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law".
kerpotgh 4y ago
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> i’m The issue with critizising someones grammer are that it always slips in an error or two.

by eCa 4y ago

> i’m The issue with critizising someones grammer are that it always slips in an error or two.

ChicagoBoy11 4y ago

I see what you did there. Well played.

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago

I will never understand why some people are so quick to dismiss everything because they spot a grammar mistake. Nothing is perfect. Get over it.

infamouscow 4y ago
Stupidity.* It takes far less energy to dismiss something for a cosmetic, surface level error, than to engage in the merits of the discussion. *: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc
skeeter2020 4y ago
The human mind is engineered to be lazy though; we're hard-wired to look for short cuts and proof reading === quality isn't a terrible one. Why do you think we still have resumes, or equate a university degree with ability to program computers?
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
  > Why do you think we still have resumes As opposed to what? People just showing up to interviews unannounced? > or equate a university degree with ability to program computers? Most of the really successful tech companies are doing this to a small degree. You're at a pretty big advantage if you try to get an early internship at FAANG if you went to Harvard or Stanford or whatnot - and you probably should be (and this is coming from someone who believes strongly those universities are mostly a waste). The unis already did the hard work of sifting through students to find ones who are willing to work 100x more than necessary just to get into a slightly better school. If you're FAANG, that's sort of who you want to hire for a tech internship, and eventually take advantage of with an underpaying salary for namebrand recognition upon graduation.
_gabe_ 4y ago
I typically don't mind if there's small grammatical errors every few pages. But if the sentence structure is consistently confusing, and there are several glaring mistakes, it usually signals to me that the author didn't care enough to proofread/edit their own writing. If the author doesn't care why should I?

Taywee 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law > Muphry's law is an adage that states: "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."[1] The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law".

kerpotgh 4y ago

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