ZooiblogWriting good comments
- James (AkaXakA)
- Jessica
- Roger
- D-Man
You wonder just what calls out the ire in persons when they leave a comment that feels rather hypocritical. In case you’re wondering, it was left on my practise-related post, hence the truly evident stab. Too bad it was a bad stab. Have a look yourself, it’s not too long a read:
practise writing english
I decided to delete it as spam, but now I think that’s too bad, as it made me laugh a little. Let’s dissect.
- A proper sentence should start with a capital, bar a few exceptions. A very few.
- A proper sentence is supposed to end with punctuation. In this case, I see only a few possibilities that could work: “!”, “.” and “…”.
- English is a language: it must be capitalised (I’m not using “should” here, as people tend to then think they’re free to do whatever they please).
- It’s an attack. Few will argue that this is meant as a friendly constructive remark regarding my writing skills1.
Some tips for those to comment: don’t attack without sound arguments; don’t tell me what to do; don’t be stupid. Hey! That’s a pretty easy list to remember!
On this topic, by the way: if you spot mistakes in my English—it happens to the best of us, and to me a little bit more often—, just tell me about it via e-mail, IM or even in the comments. As long as it’s constructive, I don’t see any problem with it. We’re here to learn, right?
- I know this doesn’t say anything about the form of the comment, only about the contents, but I consider it worth noting. ←
