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11 Jul 2019, 8:30 am

Introductions, including summaries of one's life with suspected or diagnosed ASDs, are worthy of more lengthy posts.

Most of the time, my posts are short ones. I will post something about cats or my favorite tennis players, or something else on a topic of interest.



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11 Jul 2019, 8:35 am

Walls of text are a nightmare and as a non-native speaker I struggle with the... eccentric grammar some (native 8O ) speakers have, but I still appreciate it a lot when people write something of substance.

I love concision and precision, but as Kraftie said some ideas require more detail.


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11 Jul 2019, 8:39 am

Walls of text are indeed a nightmare, even for those whose English language understanding is good. I tend to skim the "wall of text" posts. As Kraftie said, posts are much easier to read if they are organized into paragraphs.



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11 Jul 2019, 8:47 am

BenderRodriguez wrote:
as a non-native speaker I struggle with the... eccentric grammar some (native 8O ) speakers have

Me too, definitely! Sometimes I don't even try to understand some posts.


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11 Jul 2019, 8:59 am

IstominFan wrote:
Walls of text are indeed a nightmare, even for those whose English language understanding is good. I tend to skim the "wall of text" posts. As Kraftie said, posts are much easier to read if they are organized into paragraphs.

Not to nitpick but I have excellent understanding of correct English :lol:


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11 Jul 2019, 9:00 am

magz wrote:
BenderRodriguez wrote:
as a non-native speaker I struggle with the... eccentric grammar some (native 8O ) speakers have

Me too, definitely! Sometimes I don't even try to understand some posts.


I became reluctant to ask for clarification, some people are very sensitive about it :(


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11 Jul 2019, 9:01 am

Proper punctuation is also very important.

Certain phrases mean something different when there is a comma than when there isn't a comma.



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11 Jul 2019, 9:02 am

I can inhale content by thumbing through books so it isn't a factor in whether I reply.



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11 Jul 2019, 12:17 pm

strings wrote:
Yes, short posts that make a clear point are definitely preferable.

And above all, if a post needs to be longer, it should be broken up into short paragraphs. The most daunting thing of all, I think, is a long post that takes the form of a single, uninterrupted paragraph.


Yes!

Related: Discussion-threads of around two-dozen posts (as of this writing) seem optimum; that is not too many posts to be overwhelming; yet not too few posts which contain too little in the way of ample feedback.



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11 Jul 2019, 4:24 pm

Indeed you do, BenderRodriguez. You write very well.