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Re: Why it is sometimes hard to be a student on CD.
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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
CD is quite different than most of the Internet, in that we enforce civility (and grammar and spelling and...). But not just for the sake of doing it*, but to (try to) help some realize that unprofessional expression is not conducive to, er, professionalism. If you write like an idiot, your career can be jeopardized: Learn here, not after it counts for a lot.

Indeed, but with effort one can communicate very subtle nuances. It just takes a high level of literacy. English can be an exceptionally precise language.

*Well, most of us don't
Speaking of grammar, and literacy...

I don't know why it took me so long to notice, but earlier today when I was quoting what the CD reputation system says about me, I did notice this: Saying someone has "a reputation of being beyond reproach" makes sense; but saying they have "a reputation beyond repute" is complete nonsense, even worse than the famous "all your base are belong to us".

And it's not just a CD typo, apparently many reputation systems use the same phrase (all stemming from some original mistake?).

Regardless, I really, really hope the CD admins can fix that phrase.

Blake
PS: Admins - If anyone offers to pay to have it left the way it is, just to annoy me; let me know what they offer, so that I have a chance to outbid them.
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