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Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by SeoxyS on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:41AM (#7124149)
There are an alarming amount of typos and grammatical errors in this article. It detracts a lot from the content, and (sadly) hurts the credibility of the story.

A few writing tips:

1. When done writing, read the article aloud to yourself. This will help you catch a lot of errors which might easily be missed after having looked at a wall of text for an hour.

2. Always, always, have a friend proof read the article.

3. Sleep on it. When you're done writing, put it aside for a day or two, and re-read it when your mind is 100% fresh and you've forgotten the details.

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by alexshye on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:50AM (#7124168)
I know what you are saying, but as a new blogger, I understand how it can be difficult to get stuff out. If I had to choose, I'd rather more people write their stories, even if the writing quality isn't that good. In general, I can pick up what bloggers are trying to say, and over time, they tend to get better.
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by thomaspun on Sunday January 26, 2014 @06:03AM (#7124738)
Thanks for the tips, Kenneth! Would you be interested in helping me review my future posts?

Yes I'm just starting to blog and I do want to get better by practicing. English is my second language although I've used it for all of my professional life.

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by loopdoend on Sunday January 26, 2014 @10:46AM (#7125414)
Try wordy.com. Even though I'm a native English speaker I use them to review my blog posts. Their pricing is reasonable for an on-demand editor and you can pick your editorial team.
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by uladzislau on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:21PM (#7126097)
I found fantastic proofreaders on Odesk, very affordable.

You can't go cheaper than Fiverr though, some gigs offering 2500 words proofreading for $5.

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by SeoxyS on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:18PM (#7126084)
Sure thing - feel free to email me at any point and I'd be happy to help. My email is in my profile.
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by cordite on Sunday January 26, 2014 @09:35AM (#7125168)
Yeah, it seems a bit rushed. The "thou" was consistently used at least, but all these things distracted me from really reading the last third.
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by lennydizzy on Sunday January 26, 2014 @05:21AM (#7124656)
Can you please give some examples?
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by ronilan on Sunday January 26, 2014 @06:08AM (#7124744)
Not in the article but still a good example:

> There are an alarming amount of typos and grammatical errors ...

Errors are countable. Should be:

There is an alarming number of typos and grammatical errors ...

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by raverbashing on Sunday January 26, 2014 @08:10AM (#7124959)
Countable elements should use are instead of is

There are many cars. There is much pain.

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/nouns3.php

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by ronilan on Sunday January 26, 2014 @08:26AM (#7124987)
The number is singular.

There are many errors. There is an alarming number of them. There is too much debate. But not enough tipos.

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by raverbashing on Sunday January 26, 2014 @08:30AM (#7124997)
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by seanmcdirmid on Sunday January 26, 2014 @07:21AM (#7124871)
I would call that borderline, the original phrase was still clear and wasn't hard to read. Also, as verbal empire English, it's fine.

Living in china, I'm asked to correct a lot of grammars.

Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by tinco on Sunday January 26, 2014 @11:26AM (#7125585)
What's your favourite grammar to correct?
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO by erichocean on Sunday January 26, 2014 @12:48PM (#7125944)
Nice.