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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2072474, member: 73489"]Josh, a good effort and not bad. I'm not as fussy on non-material errors, however, if you want to improve the style in the future:</p><ol> <li>On lengthy posts, <b>copy them in MS Word and use the Spellcheck feature. </b> Once corrected and once reviewed by your eyes, then post it on CoinTalk. </li> <li><b>Proofing with Spellcheck and your eyes in Word will then make a final proof once you post on CoinTalk much easier. </b>Your eyes will see it as new writing and not tend to 'glaze over' any obvious errors.</li> <li><b>Strive for short sentences and short paragraphs.</b> No sentence should be longer than 2-3 lines. No paragraph should be more than 10-12 lines (6-8 sentences).</li> <li>Watch <b>extra spaces </b>between paragraphs.</li> <li><b>Don't be afraid to use bold face</b>, <b><span style="color: #0000ff">color text</span></b>, <u>or underlining to highlight key points.</u></li> </ol><p>I liked the way you integrated some pics into the prose, good job ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2072474, member: 73489"]Josh, a good effort and not bad. I'm not as fussy on non-material errors, however, if you want to improve the style in the future: [LIST=1] [*]On lengthy posts, [B]copy them in MS Word and use the Spellcheck feature. [/B] Once corrected and once reviewed by your eyes, then post it on CoinTalk. [*][B]Proofing with Spellcheck and your eyes in Word will then make a final proof once you post on CoinTalk much easier. [/B]Your eyes will see it as new writing and not tend to 'glaze over' any obvious errors. [*][B]Strive for short sentences and short paragraphs.[/B] No sentence should be longer than 2-3 lines. No paragraph should be more than 10-12 lines (6-8 sentences). [*]Watch [B]extra spaces [/B]between paragraphs. [*][B]Don't be afraid to use bold face[/B], [B][COLOR=#0000ff]color text[/COLOR][/B], [U]or underlining to highlight key points.[/U] [/LIST] I liked the way you integrated some pics into the prose, good job ! :happy:[/QUOTE]
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