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The grammar of some of your edits is really poor

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GethN7 (talkcontribs)

I don't mean to sound harsh, but some of your edits are very hard to understand and have some badly parsed grammar. I strongly request you work on that before editing any further pages.

Beta Log 86 (talkcontribs)

unfortunate, i don't have access to a third party when it comes to grammar... I mostly have to use a word processor before any form of editing is to be done... it got me in trouble elsewhere.

GethN7 (talkcontribs)

I understand that, but our main concern is your sentence structure. For example:

Triple H (Wrestling) Your edit:


You use a lot of improper word tenses and malapropisms (improper words) in these sentences, as well as not ending sentence with proper punctuation. Here's how to fix that:

My suggestion is to speak what you are about to say in your mind before writing it. If it sounds inappropriate in your head, you need to fix it.

Beta Log 86 (talkcontribs)

one more issue about that... when i have to link to to another article... the grammar ends up suffering despite being trained in literature. i even consider paying for a service that'll allow my voice to do the writing.

GethN7 (talkcontribs)

It sounds like you have a wikitext linking issue.

For example:

I'm a member of a troping website.

Which will look like this in the edit window:

I'm a [[Troper|member of a troping website]].

My advice is to use the preview function before saving your edit to make sure what text you added a wiki link to looks good before saving it.

As for a speech to text program, I recommend "Dragon - Naturally Speaking" if that's what you are looking for, though it may be expensive in some places.

Beta Log 86 (talkcontribs)

how on a second I gotta take something for the radar section... a lampshaded

GethN7 (talkcontribs)

I believe you were trying to say "hold on a second, I've gotta place something for the radar section, a lampshading." in your previous comment, correct?

The contribution you made was grammatically correct save for one part at the beginning with "the a" (drop the "the"), so I advise you carefully review all of your edits before saving anything from now on.

I also found a link you should check out for more help:

http://prowritingaid.com/art/111/10-websites-to-help-improve-your-grammar.aspx

Also, you don't have to say if you don't wish to, but where did you get in trouble for grammar issues before. Regardless whether you wish to say anything on that subject or not, I consider myself a reasonable person, and you are clearly editing in good faith, so please be assured that I will be willing to continue helping you until this grammar issue is resolved, and I will not hold any previous experiences on other sites against you.

If I'm not available, you can ask another admin for help if you need to.

Beta Log 86 (talkcontribs)

I gotta some items that needs to be place but they're staying offline until further notice... I just gotta check with the grammar because I had to add where tropes fits it.

GethN7 (talkcontribs)

I'm glad to see you are clearly considering this advice and are willing to work on it. Let me know if you need further help.

Beta Log 86 (talkcontribs)

The only area I run into with this is where a quote has to be put in place... there's no telling it the grammar matches or not.

GethN7 (talkcontribs)

Your recent edits have shown a lot of improvement.

Keep up the great work! :)