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Online joeqsmith

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Re: Why writing style and grammar matters in posts
« Reply #50 on: February 18, 2025, 05:57:20 pm »
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Supposing someone struggles to compose well structured and grammatically correct sentences (in any language), does that mean they might also struggle to compose well structured and electrically correct circuits, or might struggle to see where existing circuits might have problems? (Or for that matter, have similar difficulties with code and software?)

I seldom proof anything I post on the forums.  Some are bad enough even I can have a difficult time trying to understand my own posts.  There certainly are common factors between my posts and my professional work.  Transposing, deep diving...   

Offline RoGeorge

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Re: Why writing style and grammar matters in posts
« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2025, 08:18:23 pm »
A major issue with trying to write English phonetically is that pronunciation is not constant or consistent. Not only does it change regionally, and over time (accents change with each generation), but also by placement within a phrase (weak forms and strong forms).

Even something as simple as the short "a" in cat varies dramatically in sound depending on where you hear it spoken.

Phonetics can be really complicated.

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Re: Why writing style and grammar matters in posts
« Reply #52 on: February 24, 2025, 09:36:07 pm »
Excellent, reminds me of BSE:

 


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