I'd like to see better writing in technical articles
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"vagaries" So it's the language's fault that you and other authors can't express yourself in reasonably grammatic sentences, and, phrasing that communicates effectively ? I understand that ! If there weren't so many damn platforms, and cross-platform frameworks, I could be writing web SPA's that "would just work" everywhere. :) For people who learned a second language ... they did not grow up speaking ... reasonably well, tolerance, in their use of the second language, is a good thing, particularly when the goal is communicating technical information, solutions, techniques.
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BillWoodruff wrote:
For people who learned a second language ... they did not grow up speaking ... reasonably well, tolerance, in their use of the second language, is a good thing, particularly when the goal is communicating technical information, solutions, techniques
I agree. The OP's statement brings to mind the old British article of faith from the time of the Empire, namely that all foreigners are naturally inferior to the British (among other reasons) because they cannot speak grammatically correct King's/Queen's English. This, for example, allowed a yobbo from the slums of Liverpool to feel superior to even the most cultured Indian. Needless to say, they were wrong!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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BillWoodruff wrote:
For people who learned a second language ... they did not grow up speaking ... reasonably well, tolerance, in their use of the second language, is a good thing, particularly when the goal is communicating technical information, solutions, techniques
I agree. The OP's statement brings to mind the old British article of faith from the time of the Empire, namely that all foreigners are naturally inferior to the British (among other reasons) because they cannot speak grammatically correct King's/Queen's English. This, for example, allowed a yobbo from the slums of Liverpool to feel superior to even the most cultured Indian. Needless to say, they were wrong!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Hi Daniel, I don't have enough "context" here for me to hypothesize there is anglo-chauvinism in the OP's post. I agree with the OP that the quality of writing on many CP articles is often dreadful ... from an "absolute" standard, but, for me, useful technical content is more important than style. cheers, Bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch