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We try and fix as many of the grammar/spelling errors as we possibly can do in a reasaonable amount of time. But sometimes, people send in articles that are written in a style not acceptable to native English speakers. It's not a matter of fixing grammar but is more an issue with sentence structuring. It's possible to have gramatically correct sentences that sound really awful to a native speaker of the language. And it's almost impossible to get it right without rewriting the entire article - which is not the job of the editors.
The only option we have is to reject such articles and ask the authors to have it proof-read and edited by someone who speaks English. But I do not know how many authors will be willing to do that and the end effect would be that CP would lose out on some very good articles.
Now with my own blog - void Nish(char* szBlog);
My MVP tips, tricks and essays web site - www.voidnish.com
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I can see why you wouldn't want to rewrite articles because "Now with my own blog," means absolutely nothing. It's a sentence fragment. 
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You have to ask yourself whether you want a site full of many thousands of badly-written articles by happy people, or a site full of well-written articles. You're basically saying that it's not the job of the editors to edit. Part of being an editor is to reject bad content; it's an inescapable part of the job. Many articles on the site right now should be deleted outright, for plagiarism and other abuse.
I offered some time ago to edit the less-well-written articles, having had decent editing experience. I was told that everything was under control, but I keep seeing indications that more editing help is needed. Badly-written articles are becoming more common, and the wait for an article to get edited seems to be increasing.
Regards,
Jeff Varszegi
EEEP! An Extensible Expression Evaluation Package
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the end effect would be that CP would lose out on some very good articles
You're basically saying that poorly written articles can be very good, something with which most people would disagree.
Regards,
Jeff Varszegi
EEEP! An Extensible Expression Evaluation Package
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No - we are saying that the quality of the grammer is not related to the quality of the or value of the information.
A poor article may contain excellent code, or may contain that snippet of information that isn't contained elsewhere on the site and that some developer, somewhere needs.
We're about doing our best to provide help in whichever way we can, not about providing a glossy, well written sanitised magazine style offering.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Hi,
I've been programming for only about a year now and have used cp to learn a lot. (Not written an article as yet since I don't know enough)
But I'd be more than willing to spend time to help you rewrite articles that have grammatical/spelling issues (only the text, not the code of course .. like I said I'm still a newbie) . I'm not a native speaker of English but I'm pretty well read and think I can help out if you guys want.
Cheers
" Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "
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Dear Ms. Smitha Vijayan
Please know that my article "Integrate Help Into Your .NET apps" needs an urgent modification. The article can be found at http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/HelpIntegrationInDotNet.asp
Please refer to this meesage posting to know why the modification is necessary.
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/HelpIntegrationInDotNet.asp?forumid=37587&exp=0&select=802753&df=100#xx802753xx
I understand it is our responsibility to ensure that articles on codeproject.com are a consistent and reliable source of information. From the numerous feedbacks that i have received for the article(by feeback and mail), it appears that the discussion on the topic was way over due. And it should continue to be in demand for a greater period of time, and hence the urgency to update the article with the corrections.
Please advise on how to get the article corrected.
Thank you.
P.S. I dhad no idea where else to post this message to get you attention. And i am hoping it does.
JaisonJohn
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Hi,
I am looking trough the CodeProject but can't find and instructions on how to format messages in the forum. I am looking to how to highlight a class name for instance, and how to make a part of code appear in that yellow rectangle so it is properly formated.
Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent?
A:All your base are belong to us!
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Select the text you need to change i's style then click
code
or
pre
from the buttons at the bottom.
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I have no such buttons ...
Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent?
A:All your base are belong to us!
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You need to be using IE for the formatting buttons to appear. Otherwise, just enter the HTML tags yourself:
<code>CWinApp</code> -> CWinApp
--Mike--
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There is a saying in statistics that a million monkeys pounding on typewriters would eventually create a work of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know that this is not true.
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Somethin IDisposable something
if ( txtMessage.Text != "" )
{
btnFinish.Enabled = true;
btnNext.Enabled = true;
btnPreview.Enabled = true;
}
Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent?
A:All your base are belong to us!
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So it works 
Thanx
Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent?
A:All your base are belong to us!
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There was some discussion earlier as to weather or not CodeProject was VC++ oriented. Some people thought that CP revolved too much around VC++, and too little around other subjects.
It is true that CP has mostly VC++ articles, fewer C# articles and even fewer VB.Net articles. But does that really mean that CP revolves around VC++? No, I think that a majority of programmers simply program C++, and post their VC++ code. Since there are less VB.Net and C# articles, CP attracts less developers for those langauges.
To try and even this balance, a VB.Net monthy competition could be added. That might inspire programmers to post their VB.Net code.
Aaron Eldreth
TheCollective4.com
Procrastination is my worst flaw.
But that will change.
I'll work on it tomorrow.
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I belive there are more ASP, VB programmers in the world than VC++ programmers. Well at least I can say that coz i meet lot of ppl who work on VB, ASP rather than on VC++.
And hey this questions should have gone in the Lounge. its a general discussion not a suggestion.
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
And hey this questions should have gone in the Lounge. its a general discussion not a suggestion.
True, this would be a good general discussion. However, my point was to suggest a monthly contest for VB.Net.
Aaron Eldreth
TheCollective4.com
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Aaron Eldreth wrote:
However, my point was to suggest a monthly contest for VB.Net.
I think there is montly article compition so that covers vb.net as well.
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
I think there is montly article compition so that covers vb.net as well.
Really? They don't have it listed onthe monthly competitons page[^].
Aaron Eldreth
TheCollective4.com
My Articles
While much is too strange to be believed,
Nothing is too strange to have happened.
- T. Hardy
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the rules says,
"Each month the best article in each category (MFC/C++, C# etc) ..."
notice the etc in the end that includes VB stuff too, plus this month one of the winner is from ASP.NET
so your request is baseless.
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
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"notice the etc in the end that includes VB stuff too, plus this month one of the winner is from ASP.NET"
If there are prizes for each category, does that mean CP gives prizes for HTML?
I've not seen prizes for VB.Net, but if you can locate a prize winner, I would love to see it.
"so your request is baseless."
Was it really? I did't (and still don't) see a VB.Net monthly competition. Thus, my request for a VB.Net competition is based, and your charge that my request is baseless is actually baseless itself.
Aaron Eldreth
TheCollective4.com
My Articles
While much is too strange to be believed,
Nothing is too strange to have happened.
- T. Hardy
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Aaron Eldreth wrote:
I've not seen prizes for VB.Net, but if you can locate a prize winner, I would love to see it.
Well may be there was never been a pricewining vb.net article.
Aaron Eldreth wrote:
Was it really? I did't (and still don't) see a VB.Net monthly competition. Thus, my request for a VB.Net competition is based, and your charge that my request is baseless is actually baseless itself.
The article compition applies for all as the compittion rules states. So now you want vb.net compition, then there would be C# competition and HTML competion, then perl competition then CP will break up into 2 one for vb.net articles and other for the rest of the articles.
Where will it end ?
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
I belive there are more ASP, VB programmers in the world than VC++ programmers.
POssibly. However, how many VB programs do you use, and how many C++ ? That is, what languages are used to write real programs that make it to market and succeed ?
Christian
I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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I dont care wheather there are less C++ programmers or more...
Personally i would not like many non VC++ articles here is CP. May be i am selfish or wrong or stupid, but thats the way i am.
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
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