I apreciate coming to my defense, although my writig is poor. I’ve bean meaning to get a copy of Elements of Style from the library, and practice does make perfect, so the more I comment the better I’ll get.
did you read the part about being consistent in my own ways? i’m not criticizing him for eschewing standard rules!
oh, and if you’re all “you screwed up by joining two independent clauses with a conjunction and no comma”? that was fucking deliberate (the relevant consistency is “for speechlike writing, i use punctuation to approximate the structure of speech”)
I apologize. I was in a particular rush at the time of that particular comment, and was using my ipod. I understand that people are liable to respond adversely to bad spelling, and hope to prevent similar mistakes in the future.
I thank you for providing me with an emotive memory for why this is important, and I hope the future is just as critical of me as you currently are.
If you find sparkles’s comments helpful, great. I would not have found them worthwhile while I had high levels of typo problems (I’ve gotten better, but I’m not perfect—worse, my typos tend to change meanings rather than simply fail to make words).
Quality of writing improves with practice, but spelling mistakes of the kind you were making in the context you made them (comment section, via mobile device) are not closely correlated with quality.
was using my ipod
If these mistakes really bother you, the lesson might simply be not to post through the Ipod, without getting into the emotional reaction that sparkles is trying to generate. Because whipsawing your emotions is not a friendly act.
Because your habit of blanking old comments is much more effective communication?
Look, criticism is tolerable when it is constructive. You seem subjectively motivated to win a status contest, not provide input leading to improvement.
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spellcheck is so easy you have no excuse
bad grammar is less painful than doesn’t-even-care-to-spellcheck
For comments? Really? This ain’t professional writing—and the meaning of D’s writing is quite clear.
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(emphasis in original)
I apreciate coming to my defense, although my writig is poor. I’ve bean meaning to get a copy of Elements of Style from the library, and practice does make perfect, so the more I comment the better I’ll get.
Also note the irony of the pot calling the kettle black (unless it was subtle irony, which I doubt).
That’s not sparkles’s fault, it’s just McKean’s Law
idiot
did you read the part about being consistent in my own ways? i’m not criticizing him for eschewing standard rules!
oh, and if you’re all “you screwed up by joining two independent clauses with a conjunction and no comma”? that was fucking deliberate (the relevant consistency is “for speechlike writing, i use punctuation to approximate the structure of speech”)
spellcheck is so easy you have no excuse
bad grammar is less painful than doesn’t-even-care-to-spellcheck
I apologize. I was in a particular rush at the time of that particular comment, and was using my ipod. I understand that people are liable to respond adversely to bad spelling, and hope to prevent similar mistakes in the future.
I thank you for providing me with an emotive memory for why this is important, and I hope the future is just as critical of me as you currently are.
If you find sparkles’s comments helpful, great. I would not have found them worthwhile while I had high levels of typo problems (I’ve gotten better, but I’m not perfect—worse, my typos tend to change meanings rather than simply fail to make words).
Quality of writing improves with practice, but spelling mistakes of the kind you were making in the context you made them (comment section, via mobile device) are not closely correlated with quality.
If these mistakes really bother you, the lesson might simply be not to post through the Ipod, without getting into the emotional reaction that sparkles is trying to generate. Because whipsawing your emotions is not a friendly act.
Because your habit of blanking old comments is much more effective communication?
Look, criticism is tolerable when it is constructive. You seem subjectively motivated to win a status contest, not provide input leading to improvement.
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aw, he still thinks ad hominem is cute
you should respect norm-violating lesswrong posters more
especially when someone around you goes all “yeah, thank you :D”