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> Poor spelling and grammar used to be a signal used to quickly filter out worthless posts. Or just a post from a non-native speaker.
by betaby 3y ago
> Poor spelling and grammar used to be a signal used to quickly filter out worthless posts.
Or just a post from a non-native speaker.
- jprete 3y agoOften it was possible to tell these apart on repeat interactions.
- drewcoo 3y ago> a post from a non-native speaker In my experience as an American, US-born and -educated English speakers have much worse grammar than non-native speakers. If nothing else, the non-native speakers are conscious of the need for editing.
- commandlinefan 3y agoI can always tell the difference between a non-native English speaking writer and somebody who's just stupid - the sort of grammatical mistakes stupid people make are very, very different than the ones that people make when speaking a second language. Of course, sometimes the non-native English was so bad it wasn't worth wading through it, so that's still sort of a good signal.