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The irony of the first few sentences here... "your advise" -> "advice" "proof read" -> "proofread" "invest" -> "invested" Misplaced comma, missing "a" and "

by nardi 14y ago

The irony of the first few sentences here... "your advise" -> "advice" "proof read" -> "proofread" "invest" -> "invested" Misplaced comma, missing "a" and "the" in a few places, awkward wording, unusual omitted/implied words... I don't disagree with the content, but what's that saying? "Take the log out of your own eye first?"

strlen 14y ago
Good point: I'll go through and do a second round of proofreading. That said, there's a different standard for blog posts as opposed to comments. The few posts on my own blog take took several days to write and edit.
- nardi 14y ago
  That's true—blog posts should definitely be held to a higher standard. But so should comments that correct others' writing. :)
  - strlen 14y ago
    Made the edits you've suggested and a few more. Thanks! That said (and I think we agree on this), it doesn't invalidate my argument (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque). The grammatical mistakes I made did distract from the point I was making (ironically demonstrating it all too well). It also wouldn't be good use of my (or my friends') resources to ask others to proofread an HN comment :-)