Hey Native speakers! Come and help us! Part 3
695 ：名無しさん＠英語勉強中：
>>694
First, did you copy-paste the text directly or type it in manually?
If it was the first instance, it certainly is not "excellent and beautiful"-
capitalizing "It" for no reason, "becomes an obstacles"; these are all awful,
terrible grammatical errors that add no meaning and distract from the writing.
Ignoring all the above, though, the writing still does not strike me as in any
way good, or even decent. The author plunges broadly but shallowly into
philosophical concepts and argues that grammar is not as important as being able
to grasp, like a psychic, the essence of what the other person is saying.
This strikes me as bad form.
Grammar, and word selection, are important tools in *making* oneself be understood,
and "knowledge, experience and sympathy" are no help when dealing with incoherent babble.
Grammatically, the above writing is just below passing. Clarity-wise, it is somewhat muddled
and vague. It is not, at the very least, "beautiful" in any way, either in grammar or in its thesis.
George Orwell, in "Politics and the English Language", had, I believe, a much clearer and
more articulate perspective on this issue. His English, while somewhat archaic after sixty years,
is still what I would consider elegant and beautiful.
First, did you copy-paste the text directly or type it in manually?
If it was the first instance, it certainly is not "excellent and beautiful"-
capitalizing "It" for no reason, "becomes an obstacles"; these are all awful,
terrible grammatical errors that add no meaning and distract from the writing.
Ignoring all the above, though, the writing still does not strike me as in any
way good, or even decent. The author plunges broadly but shallowly into
philosophical concepts and argues that grammar is not as important as being able
to grasp, like a psychic, the essence of what the other person is saying.
This strikes me as bad form.
Grammar, and word selection, are important tools in *making* oneself be understood,
and "knowledge, experience and sympathy" are no help when dealing with incoherent babble.
Grammatically, the above writing is just below passing. Clarity-wise, it is somewhat muddled
and vague. It is not, at the very least, "beautiful" in any way, either in grammar or in its thesis.
George Orwell, in "Politics and the English Language", had, I believe, a much clearer and
more articulate perspective on this issue. His English, while somewhat archaic after sixty years,
is still what I would consider elegant and beautiful.
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