Are my corretions too red?
I'm just a newbie at this site, but I already made some corrections in the notes of other members. And each time I correct someone's note, I ask myself: "Are my corrections too red?" Really, after my corrections a lot of words stroked and a lot of words inserted. But why so hard? Because I pay attention not to grammar only, but to stylistics too. Well, sometimes the phrase is correct from the point of view of grammar, but not from point of view of style. That is why my corrections contains a lot of red colour. I don't want to offend other members — only to show them a right order of words. Sometimes I insert a blue words in brackets. It is my suggestions. When I see a better word-candidate, I suggest it and mark with blue colour. From time to time I need to comment something. I do this by marking a text with green colour and italic font. So, if somebody will correct this note, I ask to do the same. Stroke out, red, blue and green. Your corrections are welcome!
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Please allow my to share a little red of my own. But not very much, because you write very well. I will also offer a few stylistic alternatives in blue.
Are my corrections too red?
I'm just a newbie at [on] this site, but I've already made some corrections in the notes of other members. And each time I correct someone's note, I ask myself: "Are my corrections too red?" Really [In fact], after my corrections, a lot of words have been stricken, and a lot of words inserted. But why am I so severe? Because I pay attention not to grammar only, but to stylistics too. [Because I pay attention not only to grammar, but to stylistics as well.] Well, Sometimes the phrase is correct from the point of view of grammar, but not from point of view of style. That is why my corrections contain a lot of red colour. I don't want to offend other members — only to show them the correct order of the words [the correct word order]. Sometimes I insert a words in blue in brackets. They are my suggestions. When I see a better word-candidate, I suggest it and mark it with a blue colour [mark it in blue]. From time to time I need to comment about something. I do this by marking the text with green colour [marking the text in green] and using an italic font. So, if somebody will correct this note, I ask you to do so. Strike out, and add red, blue, and green. Your corrections are welcome!
One of the meanings of the word "blue" is indecent. So "blue words" can mean indecent language. That's why I suggest "words in blue" for your post.
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I agree with success_unlimited about the use of red. Most people will know that you do not mean to insult them, and appreciate the corrections.
I would like to add another point, however. The usefulness of corrections can be limited if I do not know WHY a certain case (падеж) is used instead of another. For example, suppose I want to write the following sentence in Russian: I use my computer every day.
Я пользуюсь мой компьютер каждый день. This is incorrect, and a Russian native speaker will correct it to read: Я пользуюсь моём компьютером каждый день. The Russian speaker has changed it (мой компьютер) from accusative case (Винительный падеж) to instrumental case (Творительный падеж) without an explanation that the verb пользоваться requires the item used to be in instrumental case. For an English speaker learning Russian, this can be very confusing. How can I learn how to use Russian grammar correctly without knowing why Tворительный падеж is used instead of Винительный падеж?
In my opinion, the best corrections combine all these qualities - mistakes highlighted, corrected with an explanation of the mistake, stylistic improvements, and a note about what the writer did well.
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Oooppss. My bad, I meant to say... "I chose the former..." I'm still on my first cup of coffee.. :)
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I was debating whether this entry warrants a response or a correction. I chose the latter, only because, it appears that your writing requires minimal work.
I do the same, and quite frankly, my dilemma is that I keep the original language/writing in the same text (striken out if a correction is required), and the correct entry. My concern is that the learner finds it confusing, seeing both the original and correct entry all in red text, some characters striken out, while others are not. Do not feel bad about offending others. The criticism does not come out of malice, but rather with the intent of helping the learner. That's why its called creative criticism. It is a personal issue, for those that do take it personal since it would appear that what they come here for is some validation of their skills (regardless if its wrong or not). We don't do any service to others by telling them how well they are doing, if there are improvements to be made.
2 things I have to say:
1. The criticism is made on the writing/style of writing, not on the person. Which leads me to the second thing below...
2. (The criticism) Its business not personal
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If the word stands at wrong position I use red also, because it is an error too. I think, this is right. But, may be I should use blue...
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