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Grammar and correct English spelling...
I was just wondering if I am the only one who noticed the increased number of spelling and grammar errors in Hexus articles.
Are the articles checked by anyone else except the author before being posted? Just to illustrate what I mean, some examples from todays post called "Ever wondered how they test memory?": "So of course companies like GeIL will oook for some sort of automated system…" small typo. "But what can you if you want to up production? It’s a Catch 22 situation…" seems to me there should be a "do" in there. Or from the post "Thermaltake launch twin fin VGA cooler - the DuOrb": "you might fin you need something a bit more meaty than the stock coolers." Or from "GeIL unveil EvoOne heatpipe cooled memory - exclusive shots!" "The idea is to utilise the already existing airflow with then case, usually from the CPU cooler, " eeeh what? The articles are great, it's just slightly annoying. Belgarath |
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
I've noticed this with a lot of professional publications. Even papers such as The Times have numerous typos these days. Either educational standards have fallen so much that professional publications can't find the staff or no one cares anymore...
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
It's more about time to publication - the guys are woking very hard to bring exclusive stories from the Far East at the moment and we will where possible check this as soon as it's available.
I will go through the articles mentioned and correct anything I see now, apologies for the errors, its only due to the fact we are working on live editorial - you will rarely see mistakes in reviews as we have a very stringent editing process in place with less pressure to publication Matt. |
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Sometimes a little aint enough...
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
Originally Posted by MD
Matthew, Matthew, Matthew...
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
The odd error I can live with, I mean I know how hard it is to type fast and spell everything correctly, but it's the txt speak brigade that makes me want to go " hmmmm "
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Scan Computers Sales (NOT RETURNS) ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI!
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
Was it tired?
![]() I also perhaps ought to point out that I have nothing to do with HEXUS editorial. But I will proof read if required. Applications to my email please, whereupon I will send my rates schedule. I recommend taking a couple of Valium tablets before reading it. ![]() |
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
My response to people like that is to tell them they only way to solve their problems is to reinstall windows, but using the secret Microsoft bsod prevention installation cd key:
IYAM2-STPID-2PWNA-PCPLS-HLPME seems to fix 100% of these peoples issues. ![]() |
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN
th wrst 4 me is whn ppl skp vwls in thr typng
and omg the most annoying is rofl how many variations are there rofl,roflmao, my personal favs are ROFLASOYP AND ROFLUSB |
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
You may have seen this before:
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Re: Grammar and correct English spelling...
From the recent books that I have read it seems that proofreading is dead.
The dumbing down of Britain continues apace. |
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