AllentownDarkWate, don`t be afraid of Grammar Nazis, it`s just such a type of people.

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I feel that everyone needs to start somewhere when it comes to writing! I was hopless with grammar, not because I'm uneducated, just didn't need to have polished Grammar to be good at my day job. They cared more about my sales targets, people skills and other abilities.

I learned writing to improve it. I learned not from the nitpickers but from people who genuinely like my stories like TJ, Springie, CD, LB and a few others here. They just gently offered to help rather than came in with a sledgehammer or only commented on the mistakes. Their approach of real encouragement worked far better!!! Thanks girls!

I'm not worried about the grammar Nazi's any more like I did a few years ago, they can pick away all they like, I'd rather hear if the story itself was any good or needed improvements etc over if I missed a commar! I do respect the language, don't get me wrong here, but our language is a living language evolving all the time.)

Scratches head...I wonder how many spelling mistakes are in theis post!!! LOL

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I know what you mean. I made a thread on another anime board about Gatchaman and one of the first responses was a smart comment because I had inadvertently called them Science Team Ninja Gatchaman instead of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. It pretty much killed the topic.

I'm glad I found somewhere I can talk about the series freely!

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Welcome to all the new people on this site.... I haven't even been lurking here for quite some time... RL can get the best of you at times.


From my experience with this site, I have to say it is one of the easiest to chat and discuss anything Gatch and beyond. People tend to not nitpick over the little things, and give some excellent encouragement along with info. Plus there are a lot of great artist, that post theirs and others wonderful works... what more can you ask for.

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My experience is there are three kinds of Grammar Nazis: those who point out your mistakes because they want to see you improve as a writer; those who can find no flaw with your statement that they can counter so they nitpick your grammar; and those that just like to make fun of people with no intent to help them improve.

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I think the term 'Nazi' implies a strict adherence to the rules, to the point of ridiculousness, and perhaps an evil pleasure at pointing out others' mistakes... at least, that's what the term implies to me.

And Birdlover, I'd say that it could be in any are, not just online postings.

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I would say you're not a Nazi, because you can't help what you notice, but you can help how you respond to it, and you're doing so with understanding and tact.

FWIW, a lot of us (myself included) make typing mistakes here... or we type something quickly so that we respond. I know I'm not exactly editing or beta'ing my posts here, the way I woudl a fic that gets poste somewhere...

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Originally posted by JohngPR I know what you mean. I made a thread on another anime board about Gatchaman and one of the first responses was a smart comment because I had inadvertently called them Science Team Ninja Gatchaman instead of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. It pretty much killed the topic. I'm glad I found somewhere I can talk about the series freely!

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The gripe is about the people who have to pick at every little thing.

Most of us have no problem with an error or two. It happens.

Its when someone cant be bothered to edit or use commas or proper spleling an we hav 2 work out wat their rilly sayng cuz of that -- Well, that's what gets us in a lather. And there's at least one who does the whole teenspeak/teenwrite thing over on FanFiction dot net. (By the way, it was actually HARD for me to write that hideous sentence. I can't manage the modern disdain for spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure, even for an example.)

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