For shits and giggles, let's take a look at your "stellar" writing, shall we?
From Demand Studios Sucks' "Demand Studios" Forum. Thread title: "Best Tip to your fellow workers":
[quote]Re: Best Tip to your fellow workers
Postby The Batman » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:38 pm
Good idea Julianne. I've offered many tips in my few months here, but I'll repost some.
1) Fear not unfamiliar subjects. Research and regurgitate. Sure, we'd all love to always write on familiar subjects, but when the titles aren't there can write on other topics.
2) For tech writers, site:.edu in Google is your friend. Many university IT departments have gigantic knowledge bases on how to do just about everything on a computer.
3) Again for tech writers, the Department of Homeland Security has tons of articles online about computer security. That .gov reference will help you get any old crap past the CEs.
4) If you have researched an article for more than 10 minutes and you are still not sure what to write, unclaim.
5) Stay out of the Zombie forums. You will rarely find anything useful there and it will waste your time.
6) Do not post in the Title Clarification forum between approximately 2 and 6 est on weekdays. There is a high probability that JoeC will answer your question if you do. He seems to live to make simple crap more difficult and usually has no idea what he is talking about. Shoot for morning posts in the TC forum. The female staffers who answer are more reasonable.[/quote]
From your first sentence:
"Fear not unfamiliar subjects" should read, "Don't fear unfamiliar subjects."
"..but when the titles aren't there can write on other topics." Should read, "...but when familiar titles aren't available, you can write on other topics."
"2) For tech writers, site:.edu in Google is your friend. Many university IT departments have gigantic knowledge bases on how to do just about everything on a computer." -- The Batman
You're cramming two ideas in one sentence, and using redundancy in the second one.
Here's how you should've written it:
"2)Tech writers can use websites with url's ending in ".edu." University IT departments have a large database on how to do many things on a computer. Google is your friend.
"3) Again for tech writers, the Department of Homeland Security has tons of articles online about computer security. That .gov reference will help you get any old crap past the CEs." -- The Batman
This point followed the second point, which also addressed tech writers. The use of "again," in a follow up sentence saying the same thing as the previous sentence, is redundant. You could've also included the third point with your second point. Again, you're using redundancies. Since DHS is a major government department, wouldn't it be obvious that they'd also have a website?
Here's how you could've written it:
3) Here's another one for tech writers. The Department of Homeland Security has tons of articles on "computer security." Use their ".gov" reference to clear the CEs editing process.
You get on my case for using "antiques," when you feel that I should use "antics." Yet, here you are using a word the same way I used "antiques." Normally, I wouldn't suggest a change to that word. However; since you belly ached about my word usage, I'll give you the same treatment.
You used "unclaim" improperly.
"Unclaimed" defines something that already belongs to someone... or is intended for someone. They haven't picked it up, or accepted it yet, so it remains "unclaimed." For example, if you don't pick your luggage up, your luggage is considered, "unclaimed." If you win the lottery, and you fail to pick up your winnings, then your prize is considered "unclaimed."
Once it's in your possession, you can't "unclaim" it... it's considered as "claimed."
If you used it the same way I used "antiques" then I'd understand where you were coming from. But, giving people a taste of their own medicine is one of my fun activities.
"4) If you have researched an article for more than 10 minutes and you are still not sure what to write, unclaim." -- The Batman
Here's how you should've written that statement:
4) If you're not sure what to write, after 10 minutes of research, return the title to the writer pool.
Your fifth point is packed with redundancy.
"5) Stay out of the Zombie forums. You will rarely find anything useful there and it will waste your time." -- The Batman
First, capitalizing the "Z" in "Zombie" would be proper if they had a forum titled, "Zombie." Demand Studios Sucks uses "zombie" as a common noun. You don't capitalize it. It's also a given that if something doesn't give you anything useful, that it's a waste of time.
So, here's how you could've written your fifth point:
5) Stay out of the zombie forums. You'll rarely find useful information there. Going there is a waste of time.
Or...
05) Stay away from the zombie forums. They're a waste of time. You won't find that much useful information.
You butchered English language in your 6th point.
"6) Do not post in the Title Clarification forum between approximately 2 and 6 est on weekdays. There is a high probability that JoeC will answer your question if you do. He seems to live to make simple crap more difficult and usually has no idea what he is talking about. Shoot for morning posts in the TC forum. The female staffers who answer are more reasonable. -- The Batman
A forum, with a name, is an "entity," or "location." That makes it a proper noun. The first letter in "forum" should also be capitalized when used this way.
Times come with a "PM" or "AM" designation. They're also written out. Since an acronym represents "Eastern Standard Time," that acronym is capitalized. It's "EST," not "est."
You're also redundant.
Here's how you could've written that pointer:
6) Don't post in Title Clarification Forum between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM EST on weekdays. There's a high probability that JoeC will answer your questions. He seems to live for making simple things more difficult. He usually doesn't know what he's talking about. Post in that forum in the mornings. The female staffers on shift, in the morning, are more reasonable.
The school that graduated you should be sued for dereliction of duty.
NOW is the proper time to make this statement:
"Thanks to you, too, for giving the stupid a bit of free education." -- Donna
The next post below this will force feed "WriterOfSpam" a taste of her own words.
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