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Can you please make an effort to write in grammatical English? c.f. [http://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Andy_Watkins&curid=4493&diff=19200&oldid=16669&rcid=16354] [[User:Jonah Greenthal|Jonah]] ([[User talk:Jonah Greenthal|talk]]) 05:05, 15 January 2014 (PST)
 
Can you please make an effort to write in grammatical English? c.f. [http://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Andy_Watkins&curid=4493&diff=19200&oldid=16669&rcid=16354] [[User:Jonah Greenthal|Jonah]] ([[User talk:Jonah Greenthal|talk]]) 05:05, 15 January 2014 (PST)
 
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:Sorry about my lack of English skills... What exactly is grammatically incorrect, everything makes sense to me. Also I'm revising it right now.--[[User:Zachary Yan|Zachary Yan]] ([[User talk:Zachary Yan|talk]]) 09:12, 15 January 2014 (PST)
Sorry about my lack of English skills... What exactly is grammatically incorrect, everything makes sense to me. Also I'm revising it right now.--[[User:Zachary Yan|Zachary Yan]] ([[User talk:Zachary Yan|talk]]) 09:12, 15 January 2014 (PST)
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::I mean, do you want an itemized list of the mistakes? Here you go (not necessarily exhaustive):
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:::*"among those individuals named was Andy Watkins" should not be preceded by a comma; a semicolon would be technically correct, but separate sentences would be better
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:::*"previous to" is nonstandard; something like "It had previously been speculated" would be correct
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:::*"however Andy's play was nonetheless still held in good faith" is perhaps only incorrect in that "nonetheless still" is redundant, but it's also just not a true statement (neither, for that matter, is calling the inspection "routine", which [http://www.naqt.com/articles/security-review-update.html the NAQT release on the matter] clearly implies
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:::*"Casting doubt on this however" is a weird way to begin a sentence; if you wanted to keep it, it would be necessary to enclose "however" in commas. Similarly, there should be a comma after "However" in "However he was later forced"
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:::*Also more factual than grammatical, Andy did not exactly "maintain his innocence": he did not deny having accessed the pages he accessed, although he did deny using that material to his advantage.
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::There are still a bunch of typos and factual errors in the article in its current state. If you're going to write about topics you don't have direct knowledge of, please do more thorough research.
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::Also, [http://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Andy_Watkins&curid=4493&diff=19203&oldid=19200&rcid=16357 this] is not a "minor" revision. Please do not mark your revisions as minor unless they are truly minor. [[User:Jonah Greenthal|Jonah]] ([[User talk:Jonah Greenthal|talk]]) 19:42, 15 January 2014 (PST)

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Can you please make an effort to write in grammatical English? c.f. [1] Jonah (talk) 05:05, 15 January 2014 (PST)

Sorry about my lack of English skills... What exactly is grammatically incorrect, everything makes sense to me. Also I'm revising it right now.--Zachary Yan (talk) 09:12, 15 January 2014 (PST)
I mean, do you want an itemized list of the mistakes? Here you go (not necessarily exhaustive):
  • "among those individuals named was Andy Watkins" should not be preceded by a comma; a semicolon would be technically correct, but separate sentences would be better
  • "previous to" is nonstandard; something like "It had previously been speculated" would be correct
  • "however Andy's play was nonetheless still held in good faith" is perhaps only incorrect in that "nonetheless still" is redundant, but it's also just not a true statement (neither, for that matter, is calling the inspection "routine", which the NAQT release on the matter clearly implies
  • "Casting doubt on this however" is a weird way to begin a sentence; if you wanted to keep it, it would be necessary to enclose "however" in commas. Similarly, there should be a comma after "However" in "However he was later forced"
  • Also more factual than grammatical, Andy did not exactly "maintain his innocence": he did not deny having accessed the pages he accessed, although he did deny using that material to his advantage.
There are still a bunch of typos and factual errors in the article in its current state. If you're going to write about topics you don't have direct knowledge of, please do more thorough research.
Also, this is not a "minor" revision. Please do not mark your revisions as minor unless they are truly minor. Jonah (talk) 19:42, 15 January 2014 (PST)