email saying to proofread

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  1. psycheskinner profile image78
    psycheskinnerposted 8 years ago

    It looks good to me know, the only error I saw was:

    If I played with friends,she would say to me --missing space after comma

  2. EricDockett profile image94
    EricDockettposted 8 years ago

    Tess: You have a handful of non-English sentences in this Hub. Is it possible the message you received was auto-generated because of these sentences? Or does it appear to be from a specific person?

    1. DrMark1961 profile image100
      DrMark1961posted 8 years ago

      I noticed the same thing about the foreign words. There does not seem to be enough errors to justify a note about proof reading, so I figured this was some computer algorithm that caught a bunch of misspelled words (that is, not English--I think HP sees any words in our native language as not spelled correctly).
      You might feel differently on this subject, but I do not think that foreign words add anything to the value of an article. An English speaker is usually going to skim over them anyway, so unless it is a phrase that is well known I just translate it to English.

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        TessSchlesingerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

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        1. Marisa Wright profile image84
          Marisa Wrightposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          It shouldn't be necessary to remove a foreign phrase - did you put it in quotation marks or in italics?  Perhaps they just didn't realise it was a foreign quote.  It seems a shame not to quote it in the original as well as giving its meaning.

          1. DrMark1961 profile image100
            DrMark1961posted 8 years agoin reply to this

            It may not be necessary but does it really add to the value for the reader? I think it is a shame to qoute the original when it is not going to be appreciated anyway.
            I think tl;dr came out after Strunk was long dead, but if it had been around he probably would have used it.

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              TessSchlesingerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

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              1. DrMark1961 profile image100
                DrMark1961posted 8 years agoin reply to this

                But does it add anything important to your essay?

      2. Marisa Wright profile image84
        Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

        It is certainly very odd

      3. psycheskinner profile image78
        psycheskinnerposted 8 years ago

        I don't think it is odd because the comment was made on the previous version that had a noticeable number of copy-editing errors.  These have now been fixed and that is probably sufficient.

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          TessSchlesingerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

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          1. psycheskinner profile image78
            psycheskinnerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, that is what I think.  If it passes now without further problems it will be confirmed.

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              1. sallybea profile image81
                sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                As one of those South Africans mentioned above I can't help noticing sometimes that we have a unique style of writing which perhaps others see as being 'different' but whether that is sufficient for someone to ask you to edit your hub on those grounds is debatable.
                Unlike you, my first language is English rather than Afrikaans, but I know that I sometimes phrase things differently to others who write here.  I recall my own parents telling me about the importance of writing 'Kings English'.  That does make me smile because the English language in the Britain is almost unrecognisable as that.  I doubt that many people here would even recognise that phrase either.
                I hesitate to add much more except to say that in the final chapter you talk about wonder and I do wonder if you mean wander?

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                  1. sallybea profile image81
                    sallybeaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                    I was not doubting your ability at all. That is precisely why so many South Africans have been welcomed all over the world for their ability to work hard and do the job.
                    I am glad your piece has now been published.

       
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