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The irony of the first few sentences here...

"your advise" -> "advice"

"proof read" -> "proofread"

"invest" -> "invested"

Misplaced comma, missing "a" and "the" in a few places, awkward wording, unusual omitted/implied words...

I don't disagree with the content, but what's that saying? "Take the log out of your own eye first?"




Good point: I'll go through and do a second round of proofreading.

That said, there's a different standard for blog posts as opposed to comments. The few posts on my own blog take took several days to write and edit.


That's true—blog posts should definitely be held to a higher standard. But so should comments that correct others' writing. :)


Made the edits you've suggested and a few more. Thanks! That said (and I think we agree on this), it doesn't invalidate my argument (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque). The grammatical mistakes I made did distract from the point I was making (ironically demonstrating it all too well).

It also wouldn't be good use of my (or my friends') resources to ask others to proofread an HN comment :-)




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