Please proofread your posts before submitting them!

[Warren Buffet II]

I was just kidding about the punishments.

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your comment. I come from a non-english speaking country and I always try really hard to avoid spelling and grammar mistakes. I think I am one of the heaviest users of the Edit Button here because even when I check my posts I could find a mistake later on, or I could find a better way to express myself.

I agree with you about simple posting tips like ASX codes (NAB, AWC, ZFX, etc), names (Joe, John, etc), those tips indeed improve the the readability of the posts.

Regards,

WBII

 

[Battman64]

Joe is right as far as I am concerned.
It is all to do with standards.
If you are happy to post showing the world
that you can not spell or have bad grammar then
that is up to the individual.
My English is not the best, I am more of a
mathematician (had to look that up).
Until we have "Spell-check" available I will keep an
Oxford Dictionary next to my computer.

 

[Joe Blow]

I don't want to alienate anyone over this issue and I certainly don't want to discourage anyone from posting. I started this thread simply to raise awareness of the importance of briefly checking our posts before consigning them to posterity.

It only takes a moment and I think it will make Aussie Stock Forums a more effective online resource.

 

[GreatPig]

Just to help folks write good posts, here are some guidelines:

1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague.
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. Be more or less specific.
15. Understatement is always best.
16. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
17. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
18. The passive voice is to be avoided.
19. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
20. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
21. Who needs rhetorical questions?
22. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

And a test of English comprehension. What does this perfectly good English sentence mean:

Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Cheers,
GP

 

[doctorj]

Love ya work.

Buffalo.
"Engage in bamboozlement."

Buffalo buffalo.
"American bison are characteristically given to engaging in bambloozlement."

Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
"American bison are characteristically given to bamboozling other members of their species."

Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.
"American bison habitually bamboozled by members of their own species (that is, buffalo whom other buffalo regularly buffalo) characteristically engage in bamboozlement."

Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.
"American bison habitually bamboozled by members of their own species (that is, buffalo whom other buffalo regularly buffalo) tend to return the compliment by bamboozling in turn yet other members of the species."

Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.
"American bison habitually bamboozled by members of their own species that have themselves been bamboozled by others of their ilk (that is, buffalo whom other buffalo who have themselves been buffaloed by buffalo regularly buffalo) tend to engage in bamboozlement."

Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.
...

 

[Alpaca]

The post you removed, if you are as adept with the English language as you maintain, was something known as satire.

I can see that this forum will not be a suitable place to post, and ask for comment on some of the models I have been developing, now I am no longer in full time employment. Mathematics is a passion, and my hobby, as well as a means of income. My short foray into trading using the first of my models was very successful, but required comment and further testing.

I will now limit that comment and testing to my peers.

Bye

Alpaca

 

[Joe Blow]

The post you removed, if you are as adept with the English language as you maintain, was something known as satire.

I can see that this forum will not be a suitable place to post, and ask for comment on some of the models I have been developing, now I am no longer in full time employment. Mathematics is a passion, and my hobby, as well as a means of income. My short foray into trading using the first of my models was very successful, but required comment and further testing.

I will now limit that comment and testing to my peers.

Bye

Alpaca

Alpaca,

I put a lot of work into this site. This thread was not intended as criticism of anyone but simply a reminder for everyone to check their posts before submitting them.

Sorry if I'm not happy when I wake up in the morning to see that I have been called a wanker. I guess I didn't see the humour at the time.

 

[tech/a]

Just to help folks write good posts, here are some guidelines:

1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague.
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. Be more or less specific.
15. Understatement is always best.
16. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
17. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
18. The passive voice is to be avoided.
19. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
20. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
21. Who needs rhetorical questions?
22. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

And a test of English comprehension. What does this perfectly good English sentence mean:

Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Cheers,
GP

Clearly I'm stuffed.

 

[GreatPig]

Doctorj,

That's a good explanation, although a little different to the one I had in mind.

My interpretation is:

Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Buffalo (the animals) that other buffalo from the city of Buffalo buffalo (bamboozle), they buffalo (bamboozle) other buffalo (the animals) also from the city of Buffalo.

The explanation you quoted is perhaps better in that it doesn't need to use any capitalised words, which tend to make the meaning easier to figure out.

Cheers,
GP