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1) I thought you were referring to my original comment, i.e. the one whose grammar we were discussing, not a different one that wasn't being discussed. That one

by corin_ 14y ago

1) I thought you were referring to my original comment, i.e. the one whose grammar we were discussing, not a different one that wasn't being discussed. That one, yes I edited it twice, firstly because I felt my one-sentence reply was overly blunt, then again because having decided my original comment wasn't nice, I then felt neither was your [sic], so I added in my point about that too. Not sure it really matters too much when, one again, I made these edits within a minute of posting. I'll show an "edit" mark in my comment if there's a chance someone might have replied and therefore been misrepresented, but why bother when hardly anybody will have read it yet? (You two make changes like this, I notice you at first missed "litered" and "speling".) 2) Again... relevance? The reason I "was screwing with you" was to make the point that spelling and grammar are not the be all and end all. A good point can be made with terrible spelling, and nonsense can be written impeccably skillfully. "Im board of this discussion now" vs. "This discussion fascinates me", one of those is a valid statement, the other is grammatically correct.

dfc 14y ago
Initially I missed "coment" and "speling," so I was not sure if you were screwing with me. I almost woke my girlfriend up when I noticed the trifecta. (The "you two[sic]" was not as funny) In my opinion spelling/grammar mistakes are indicative of an author who has not put much effort into something because they do not care about the outcome. If someone is willing to take the extra thirty seconds to read over what they wrote I take that as a signal that the writing is worth my time. But I might be in the minority here. My first job (and 2nd and 3rd) was at a restaurant and it was ingrained in me that the little things add up. I can still remember my boss saying "Doogie, if we do not take the time to lay the forks out straight, why should customers expect that we took time to prepare the food well?"
- corin_ 14y ago
  They can also be indicative of an author who slept 2 hours before getting up at 1am to spend hours over spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations so to make up for the fact that the shit is hitting the fan on the same day that he has to spend most of it out of the office in meetings, and started commenting on HN as a short break away from working :) And now it's time to head into the office for a couple of hours! p.s. Fun fact, the "two" was a genuine mistake. When I don't pay attention my hands often type ridiculous phonetic errors, such as their/there. Heh, even as I wrote this I had "time" instead of "type".

by corin_ 14y ago

dfc 14y ago

Initially I missed "coment" and "speling," so I was not sure if you were screwing with me. I almost woke my girlfriend up when I noticed the trifecta. (The "you two[sic]" was not as funny) In my opinion spelling/grammar mistakes are indicative of an author who has not put much effort into something because they do not care about the outcome. If someone is willing to take the extra thirty seconds to read over what they wrote I take that as a signal that the writing is worth my time. But I might be in the minority here. My first job (and 2nd and 3rd) was at a restaurant and it was ingrained in me that the little things add up. I can still remember my boss saying "Doogie, if we do not take the time to lay the forks out straight, why should customers expect that we took time to prepare the food well?"

corin_ 14y ago
They can also be indicative of an author who slept 2 hours before getting up at 1am to spend hours over spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations so to make up for the fact that the shit is hitting the fan on the same day that he has to spend most of it out of the office in meetings, and started commenting on HN as a short break away from working :) And now it's time to head into the office for a couple of hours! p.s. Fun fact, the "two" was a genuine mistake. When I don't pay attention my hands often type ridiculous phonetic errors, such as their/there. Heh, even as I wrote this I had "time" instead of "type".