| > Reluctance in gaining even a basic level of mastery in language skills goes to show you don't respect / value other people's time. I am not sure how using 'comprises' instead of 'is comprised of' can be considered as reluctance in gaining a basic level of English. > You want your readers to put in the extra effort required to make sense out of your half-baked messages. How is the message half-baked just because one word in that whole paragraph was wrong? > Asking people to use coherent English on an English language forum is a reasonable expectation. I wasn't making a value judgement on the thread OP. I hope this is clear (this is why reading comprehension is important too). I perfectly understood what 'blocked_again' said despite English not being my first language. I am pretty sure normal humans can process these sentences without any problems. Now if we are talking about 'reading comprehension' for machines, it may be a different issue. I ran your comment in Word's grammar checker. It suggested a couple of changes. 1. Change 'required' to 'needed' in "required to make sense". Reason: Clarity. A simpler word would be clearer for your reader. 2. Change 'master' to 'proficiency' in "mastery in language skills". Reason: Inclusiveness. A gender-neutral term here would be more inclusive. 3. Change 'wasn't' to 'was not' in "I wasn't making a". Reason: Formality. In formal writing, try spelling out the word. |
These are just nits. Not at the same level as using compromised instead of comprised. Edit: Actually this is a non-issue, I responded to the assertion "...As long as you understand what the person is saying it's good enough...".
Your reading comprehension skills need serious work.