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Re:The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1... by prawn on Thursday June 05, 2014 @07:51AM (#7851386)
I assumed it was written by someone not using their first language and found it endearing as a result. Have to admit that wondering if it's written by an algorithm gives me an opposite reaction.
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Re:The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1... by crussmann on Thursday June 05, 2014 @08:45AM (#7851618)
Definitely a translation, or written by a non-native English speaker. Things like using a comma as a decimal (0,03 liters) are a pretty big giveaway.

I think what threw me the most was how SI and US units were mixed right in the title (liters and miles).

Flipping through the rest of the site, it does unfortunately read like they're just churning out content to draw search traffic primarily for advertising.

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Re:The most fuel efficient car ever built: 2072 miles with 1... by prawn on Sunday June 08, 2014 @12:34AM (#7863982)
"Flipping through the rest of the site, it does unfortunately read like they're just churning out content to draw search traffic primarily for advertising."

Sounds like most online news sites. And I see many errors (uncorrected typos) in articles written by professional journalists using their first language, and even after a proofread from an editor!

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