A Chat Message

Jack

Sept. 3, 2023

Hello Tim, I hope you've been doing well recently. It is really nice to hear from you, and thank you for your reminders.

Now, I want to tell you more about my opinion on correcting others' essays. I have corrected foreigners' Chinese writings about 10,000 times. My principal in that is: as long as their sentences don't have grammar mistakes, I won't correct them. If I rewrite the sentences for improvement, I will let them know.

If I change their correct sentences based on my preferences or just for improvement and without any explanation left, they will be confused: is my sentence incorrect? Are they rewriting my sentences based on their preferences? Are they perfecting my writing? And so on.

Some people might say you need to make their writing perfect, but I don't think so. As long as their sentences don't have any grammar mistakes, over time they'll gradually improve their writing skills by themselves.

In Chinese, there is a proverb, 抜苗助长. The story is about a person who wants his crop to grow faster, so he pulls his crop seedlings up. Of course, he is doing a stupid thing and he ends up with his crop dying.

David (I don't know that his other name is Peter) does help many Chinese people on Hello talk. I also notice that he likes to make too many changes when he corrects other people's English writings. But I really don't know if he is doing the right correction. After all, English is not my mother tongue.

I see many Chinese people who correct foreigners' Chinese writings on HelloTalk, many times, they are over correcting. In my opinion, they are not helping foreigners, but doing the opposite. I know this because Chinese is my mother tongue.

Again, I am really grateful for your reminders. I will see that as different ways to express my thoughts. Thank you Tim. You are such a kind and helpful person. I hope for all the best things for you. Take care, and talk to you soon.

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If I change their correct sentences based on my preferences or just for improvement and without any explanation ~~left~~, they will be confused: is my sentence incorrect?

or "without leaving any explanation"
"Left" doesn't make sense there.

I will see thatose as different ways to express my thoughts.

Or "I will see that as a different way to express my thoughts."

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This is very clear and well written!

Jack

Sept. 3, 2023

Thank you very much my friend.

lexiisbritish

A Chat Message

Hello Tim, I hope you've been doing well recently.

It is really nice to hear from you, and thank you for your reminders.

Now, I want to tell you more about my opinion on correcting others' essays.

I have corrected foreigners' Chinese writings about 10,000 times.

My principal in that is: as long as their sentences don't have grammar mistakes, I won't correct them.

If I rewrite the sentences for improvement, I will let them know.

If I change their correct sentences based on my preferences or just for improvement and without any explanation left, they will be confused: is my sentence incorrect?

Are they rewriting my sentences based on their preferences?

Are they perfecting my writing?

And so on.

Some people might say you need to make their writing perfect, but I don't think so.

As long as their sentences don't have any grammar mistakes, over time they'll gradually improve their writing skills by themselves.

In Chinese, there is a proverb, 抜苗助长.

The story is about a person who wants his crop to grow faster, so he pulls his crop seedlings up.

Of course, he is doing a stupid thing and he ends up with his crop dying.

David (I don't know that his other name is Peter) does help many Chinese people on Hello talk.

I also notice that he likes to make too many changes when he corrects other people's English writings.

But I really don't know if he is doing the right correction.

After all, English is not my mother tongue.

I see many Chinese people who correct foreigners' Chinese writings on HelloTalk, many times, they are over correcting.

In my opinion, they are not helping foreigners, but doing the opposite.

I know this because Chinese is my mother tongue.

Again, I am really grateful for your reminders.

I will see that as different ways to express my thoughts.

Thank you Tim.

You are such a kind and helpful person.

I hope for all the best things for you.

Take care, and talk to you soon.

Jack

Sept. 3, 2023

Thank you very much.

You are such a kind and helpful person.