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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
by 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 agoThey 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".