At last. It was about time! - English-Thread #1

[Valada]

And there's nothing in it for me to point all the mistakes in (for example) Valada's post - it'll just make me come off as a smartass.

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I'd love to believe these words came from a deeper insight. But I fear it's just a flame, isn't it? I know exactly how good
-or rather bad- my english is. So, if you find me ignorant, enlighten me! Just do all of us the favor and do it for the sake of learning and knowledge instead of slaping your all-so-mighty-overskills in other people's faces.

Back in the good old days my best friend and I used to talk english (long before the internet was available to mere mortals) on the way to school and back. She was daughter to an english teacher und finally ended up studying this horryfing language. I didn't help me to get any better but it was fun. I'm so glad no Skar or Olman came by to embarrass the two off us. It would have made us very, very sad.

[Olman]

Actually I meant rather the opposite... (but it's typical of you to see a flame behind every corner...). I thought that you're probably well aware of the fact that your English is in fact rather bad - and thought you might be offended if someone were to point out every little mistake in your post. I was saying that I don't want to (and that nobody should) embarrass people by correcting the mistakes in their posts because it can come over as nitpicky and rude - and, let's face it, some people just don't want to be told that they're wrong.
Plus, as you saw when drunken monkey corrected These's original post, it can quickly lead to a discussion over whether the correction itself was right or not - and if that happens every time somebody corrects someone else, that would just screw up the thread.