| susie123 |
11-08-2012 10:28 |
Re: Could Boris be the next Prime Minister?
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Originally Posted by Houseboy
(Post 1008343)
Just because I am new to this forum doesn't mean I am new to every forum and to writing in general. I am sorry that you found my post hard to read, I will try to make it easier for you next time, but there is actually nothing wrong gramatically or literally with the post. If you have an issue with the content I am quite happy to discuss but please don't criticise me for writing in a way that does not please you. If I were to take issue with everyone who wasn't totally accurate on every forum I have participated on then nothing would ever get said.
Incidentally (new paragraph, and correctly so,) part of my job for the last 23 years or so has been to edit articles (and indeed write them) for various magazines. I have been involved in publishing for longer than I care to remember and frankly to join a new forum and be criticised for my ability to write is not a good introduction.
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For heaven's sake, if you had taken the trouble to read my post again you would have noticed that I was not at all condemnatory, quite the opposite, in fact I agreed with much of what you wrote.
I did not mention grammar or spelling or style, or accuracy or your ability to write, but I will now - you have mis-spelt "grammatically" in this new post. All I was asking for was a few line breaks - perhaps not paragraphs, but a bit of white space to break up the text. Take a look back at your post and tell me if it does not appear on the screen as a solid mass of text with long lines which can be difficult to follow from one to the next.
By the way I too was involved in publishing as an editor/proofreader and writer for some years, but the last thing I want is to get involved in any sort of back biting about such matters. I welcome you as a forum member, which I would have thought was obvious from the first few words of my previous posts, but my comment/request about your post still stands. |
