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About editing...
I want to ask, since I'm a frequent reader of ZnT, I sometimes copy the text into a Word file, and most of the time, I get many grammatical errors. I want to ask if I could edit them?
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Re: About editing...
I don't see the priblem here. Though many are proper nouns or such.chrono732 wrote:I want to ask, since I'm a frequent reader of ZnT, I sometimes copy the text into a Word file, and most of the time, I get many grammatical errors. I want to ask if I could edit them?
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Re: About editing...
well just to note that it happens to me a lot when im making the PDFs but somehow most of the time the words are right, dunno why word mark them.
as for sentences mistakes (green underline) happens a lot more than anything else xD but the sentence makes sense, since english is not my first language i cant tell so you might want to ask if there's really a mistake there before changing it
as for sentences mistakes (green underline) happens a lot more than anything else xD but the sentence makes sense, since english is not my first language i cant tell so you might want to ask if there's really a mistake there before changing it
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Re: About editing...
It goes without saying that Word's grammar checking is procedural, and pays absolutely no attention to context. Add in the fact that English grammar doesn't make any sense (semi-colon anyone?), and you have lots of green lines in a perfectly good document. Not that I'm saying there aren't any errors (grammar aside, there are quite a few awkwardly phrased lines), just that the rate of false positives is high.
In any case, I'm pretty sure the answer is "have at it." It's a wiki after all. Just make sure you're actually making "corrections" and not just "changes."
In any case, I'm pretty sure the answer is "have at it." It's a wiki after all. Just make sure you're actually making "corrections" and not just "changes."
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Yes helping with corrections is a good thing. Like others have said it is a wiki after all.
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