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    Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
    I was reading something that I wrote and thought - Hey, maybe if we had a poster or two who enjoyed correcting writing and grammar, they could go over some of the longer or better posts and highlight incorrect usage?

    It would help all of us write more convincingly on the forums, sure, but it would also aid us in our actual lives.

    I'm a big enough nerd to sit around and memorize international capitals and facts - I'm sure that there are a few master grammar nerds out there who might get a kick out of sharpening their claws on us, eh?
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
    It's readably, grammatically at least.

    Grammar is not actually something which is set in stone. To begin with, everyone has their own internal grammar, and, further, grammatical use is an element of style.
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    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?
    Please say that again, slower this time.

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    Seems fine to me. I like to think that my english is pretty good, but it is another language and you are bound to make silly mistakes. There is a world of difference between 'speaking' english and being able to put it down properly. I often noticed that I speak dutch with english words.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
    Sure. I wouldn't normally have any idea that English isn't your native language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?
    Your English/english is very good, HoreTore. The only suggestion I have for this post is not a correction, but rather a potential improvement. The semi-colon in the last sentence is acceptable, but it would be a bit classier to use a full colon, especially since it's a chronically underused or misused punctuation mark.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish: is it any good?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
    Your english is great. Seriously, if my chinese(may native language too) writing was half as good as your english writing, I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore, but it isn't, so......

    I have a feeling that my grammar/syntax at times is really atrocious. I've often found that I have poor thought organization and just seem to ramble on or start writing redundant things too. My spelling is spotty at times too (see? feels bit repetetive already)
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