Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO
by alexshye on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:50AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Can you please give some examples?
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO
by ronilan on Sunday January 26, 2014 @06:08AM
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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
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Countable elements should use are instead of is
There are many cars. There is much pain.
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO
by ronilan on Sunday January 26, 2014 @08:26AM
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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
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Your right ;) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/number (item 5)
Re:Failed to delight. Post-mortem of Delight IO
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday January 26, 2014 @07:21AM
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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
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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
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Nice.
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.