Anyone here Good at Grammar??

[jaycoop93]

Like that title says... anyone here good at grammar? Like correcting and such I would love it if someone could help me out.

I'm even thinking about paying someone ($1-??) to help me with my paper that I recently typed up if they could fix any grammatical errors.

So please reply here I will be online for the most part.

[dfloyd]

Like is a preposition so it cannot have the subject of your sentence as the object of a prepostion. If you cannot write a relatively error free paper, and you are in college, perhaps you shouldn't be there. If you are in high school, go back a year or so.

[hanzklein]

I would be willing to help you. You can contact me through PM's.

[jmnixon95]

I would help you; no pay needed. It would be fun for me, actually.

[Dark Passenger]

Like is a preposition so it cannot have the subject of your sentence as the object of a prepostion. If you cannot write a relatively error free paper, and you are in college, perhaps you shouldn't be there. If you are in high school, go back a year or so.

Have you not had a good weekend? The OP asked for help. Say 'no', by all means, but there's no need for that attitude.

[jmnixon95]

Have you not had a good weekend? The OP asked for help. Say 'no', by all means, but there's no need for that attitude.

Not to mention I spotted two grammatical errors in his post. :p
I agree completely with what you said, Dark Passenger.

[kiki1982]

I was having the same thoughts :p

[Perandorrrr]

Here, here. If I took that advice I would've never completed school. I think the males on this board are all capable of acting like gentlemen. To the OP, I help my younger brother with his paper all the time, if you need help, message me.

[misterreplicant]

Like that title says... anyone here good at grammar? Like correcting and such I would love it if someone could help me out.

I'm even thinking about paying someone ($1-??) to help me with my paper that I recently typed up if they could fix any grammatical errors.

So please reply here I will be online for the most part.

I could help. I have a pretty broad vocabulary, if I do say myself. I can't promise you 100%, but I can get you pretty close.

I do not need pay.

[MarkBastable]

.....i thought better of it...

[Jozanny]

And I should think the better of it, but, if the OP really wanted to improve, he or she could always ask for remedial assistance in the appropriate venue. I would not dream of using the LNF to ask for help with MLA formatting, for instance. People who treat education like a game end up gaming themselves.

[Syd A]

Like is a preposition so it cannot have the subject of your sentence as the object of a prepostion. If you cannot write a relatively error free paper, and you are in college, perhaps you shouldn't be there. If you are in high school, go back a year or so.

What a bitter, rancorous, unprovoked diatribe! I LOVE IT!!!

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Like is a preposition so it cannot have the subject of your sentence as the object of a prepostion. If you cannot write a relatively error free paper, and you are in college, perhaps you shouldn't be there. If you are in high school, go back a year or so.

You're writing's nothing to write home about, dfloyd.

[sixsmith]

Like that title says... anyone here good at grammar?

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[MarkBastable]

You're writing's nothing to write home about, dfloyd.

Yeah, that's the observation of which I thought better. I've now thought better of the thinking better.

[MarkBastable]

And I should think the better of it, but, if the OP really wanted to improve, he or she could always ask for remedial assistance in the appropriate venue. I would not dream of using the LNF to ask for help with MLA formatting, for instance. People who treat education like a game end up gaming themselves.

I can see your point, but I disagree.

The world is full of people - not all of them young - who, when criticised for their grammar, say that it doesn't matter, or no one really cares, or what's the difference as long as people understand you? It's pretty much the default position.

Jaycoop, on the other hand, not only recognises that his work needs a grammar check, but cares enough to do something about it, and has come to a place where he thinks help might be found. And apparently he's right, because people have offered to help.

So although you might say, with some justification, that this is not the venue for remedial assistance, I'd say that any interest and active involvement in the improvement of written English is to be encouraged, and that it only reflects well on LitNet that the members support such efforts. It's not obligatory, but I think it's worthwhile.

[kiki1982]

... and on a literature forum you may well find many more people than on average who are good at grammar, as they read a lot... On other forums you cnanot be so sure. (hoping that this is decent :blush:)

[mal4mac]

If you cannot write a relatively error free paper, and you are in college, perhaps you shouldn't be there.

Or perhaps you should. I'd rather read bad grammar than vapid hot air.

[jmnixon95]

Like that title says... anyone here good at grammar? Like correcting and such I would love it if someone could help me out.

I'm even thinking about paying someone ($1-??) to help me with my paper that I recently typed up if they could fix any grammatical errors.

So please reply here I will be online for the most part.


Well, back on topic... I am assuming that the other thread that you started is the paper that you speak of; I'll have a look at it once I get home from school. I'm about to head to another class as I type this.

[Jozanny]

I can see your point, but I disagree.

The world is full of people - not all of them young - who, when criticised for their grammar, say that it doesn't matter, or no one really cares, or what's the difference as long as people understand you? It's pretty much the default position.

Jaycoop, on the other hand, not only recognises that his work needs a grammar check, but cares enough to do something about it, and has come to a place where he thinks help might be found. And apparently he's right, because people have offered to help.

So although you might say, with some justification, that this is not the venue for remedial assistance, I'd say that any interest and active involvement in the improvement of written English is to be encouraged, and that it only reflects well on LitNet that the members support such efforts. It's not obligatory, but I think it's worthwhile.

I see it as a more shallow request than you might. I was actually a student once, and could not conquer physics beyond certain Newtonian basics; had the Internet been available I might have utilized it, but would have looked to my university for guidance, which I did at the time.

If jay really cared about the fact that he was in trouble, he would not be offering to pay to have someone like me correct his work; it is that simple. People value learning or they value the belief that they can skate through life.

[kiki1982]

Sorry, but I have known students who genuinely had their papers read because they were in a foreign language. Don't know whether Jaycoop is in that boat, but it is possible. There is a huge market for that kind of business as well, actually.

If you have a really nasty professor who wants everything perfect grammar-wise (mostly the people who can't do it themselves), then it is worth not losing points over a trivial matter like grammar if your paper is about something else.

At any rate, it is easier to improve your grammar if you are corrected and told why this or that is false than if you are corrected without further ado. I don't suppose all unis have time to explain as well?

[MarkBastable]

If jay really cared about the fact that he was in trouble, he would not be offering to pay to have someone like me correct his work; it is that simple.

I think you just put all the world's remedial plumbers out of a job.

[Scheherazade]

Since this thread does not serve to its original purpose anymore, it will now be closed.

Those who do not consider any constructive feedback can ignore any request for help.


Jaycoop> Please feel free to start another thread to discuss the issues you believe you need help with.