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Thread: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality?

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04-02-2013, 06:34 PM (This post was last modified: 04-02-2013, 06:37 PM by Eddie.)

(04-01-2013, 11:50 AM)Brittany Lynn Wrote: It may not be the best social tactic, but I usually just go for blunt honesty in this regard. "Your writing style is extremely dull. And your grammar is terrible." When I ask people to edit my writing, I WANT them to be brutal, because I honestly want to know what could use improvement. It would be more embarrassing to submit something with all sorts of errors than to have someone point them out to me beforehand. I also tend to warn anyone who asks me to edit for them that I WILL tear the thing apart, and if they can't handle constructive criticism they should ask someone else. It's always worked fine.

Ha ha, it would probably read better: "Your writing style is extremely dull, and your grammar is terrible."

"Brevity is the soul of wit". Strive for economy and force in writing.

By the way, Lynn..."anyone" is singular, and "they" is plural. Insure that you achieve agreement between pronoun and antecedent.

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How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Adonai One - 04-01-2013, 04:31 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Turtle - 04-01-2013, 05:24 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Aureus - 04-01-2013, 05:25 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Adonai One - 04-01-2013, 05:35 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Brittany - 04-01-2013, 11:50 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by almostdone - 04-01-2013, 09:30 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Eddie - 04-02-2013, 06:34 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Zachary - 04-05-2013, 06:25 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Adonai One - 04-01-2013, 07:18 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by reeay - 04-01-2013, 08:44 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Adonai One - 04-01-2013, 09:01 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by reeay - 04-01-2013, 09:37 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by almostdone - 04-01-2013, 09:49 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Ankh - 04-02-2013, 01:58 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Adonai One - 04-01-2013, 10:46 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by reeay - 04-02-2013, 12:59 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by reeay - 04-02-2013, 02:17 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Ankh - 04-02-2013, 09:38 AM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Brittany - 04-02-2013, 06:47 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by kanonathena - 04-02-2013, 08:06 PM

RE: How do you tell people their work is of poor quality? - by Hototo - 04-06-2013, 05:20 AM