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Typos, Grammar, Syntax, & Content Improvement - Megathread
On this thread for Criticism in Relationships: Examples & Solutions
Under Summary, the last part,
If you have experienced both criticism-free relationships and heavy criticizing relationships, you know it.
They’re worlds apart.
You can’t wait to end the former. And the latter are the relationships that make life a pleasure.
Should the former and latter be swapped?
From
"both criticism-free relationships and heavy criticizing relationships"
to
"relationships with heavy criticism and criticism-free relationships"
Thank you, Matthew!
Fixed it now.
By the way, @01ascarlett , I tried that system of reviewing the full article for typos, and while there is certainly value, it's also too time-consuming on both ends, I think.
The issue on my side is that many of those highlighted mistakes are from Grammarly, which I now have installed. So something like 80% of the issues shown I had already seen, but consciously decided to skip.
So I think it's best to highlight typos / mistakes one by one (or with some other system).
By the way, just to be sure, I highly value the support and help, this is just a note to keep it more efficient, and so that you can also save time.
Why did you choose not to delegate proof-reading?
Quote from John Freeman on December 27, 2020, 2:29 pmWhy did you choose not to delegate proof-reading?
Well, more than choosing not to, I've never chosen to.
Might sound like smart-alecky nitpicking, but it's a substantial difference.
Not choosing to means I've never considered it seriously, and never chose between yes or no, so simply defaulted to "no".
I suppose I've never assigned it high priority, and always preferred to tackle different projects / priorities.
Maybe I was wrong to never consider it a high priority.
Probably some months ago, it was.
Not sure if today the typo / syntax issue is still critical.
If you, John, or anyone else, still think it is, please let me know, this is very helpful feedback.
Well, more than choosing not to, I've never chosen to.
Might sound like smart-alecky nitpicking, but it's a substantial difference.
Not choosing to means I've never considered it seriously, and never chose between yes or no, so simply defaulted to "no".I suppose I've never assigned it high priority, and always preferred to tackle different projects / priorities.
Got it. Makes sense.
Maybe I was wrong to never consider it a high priority.
Probably some months ago, it was.Not sure if today the typo / syntax issue is still critical.
I don't think it's critical and don't think it was. If we look at the typo/syntax issue:
- There's a threshold above which it looks professional and below which it looks amateur: I think the whole material is way above it. It looks very professional.
- It's something about the finitions, the details. So it's logical that it comes last. That is why it is also a signal of how much effort/work was put into it. We judge the whole thing by such small details sometimes (i.e. shoes, cars, houses).
- The fact that we are talking about the typo/grammar means that it's really small details that could be improved. I think it's a reflection of your dedication.
In conclusion, above a certain threshold of high-quality text, it's more in the 90-100% or 95-100% that it comes in play. So it's more about scrapping the last percents. You got content, structure, visual design. If you see what I mean.
If you, John, or anyone else, still think it is, please let me know, this is very helpful feedback.
So that's my input.
Got it, thanks John!
Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on December 27, 2020, 2:26 pmBy the way, @01ascarlett , I tried that system of reviewing the full article for typos, and while there is certainly value, it's also too time-consuming on both ends, I think.
The issue on my side is that many of those highlighted mistakes are from Grammarly, which I now have installed. So something like 80% of the issues shown I had already seen, but consciously decided to skip.So I think it's best to highlight typos / mistakes one by one (or with some other system).
By the way, just to be sure, I highly value the support and help, this is just a note to keep it more efficient, and so that you can also save time.
Thanks for the feedback, Lucio!
I'll keep that in mind. And, I'll keep an eye out for any other typos as well as a more efficient method if I come across any.
Happy Holidays!
Hello Lucio, did you notice the menu "Documentation, Support, etc" is all messed up in Chrome? I mean it is not displayed properly.
This is how it looks like on MacOSX and Chrome.
Thank you for the heads up John, where do you see pages? I'm not aware of them
