On Sunday, 15 January 2012 at 00:54:37 UTC, Georg Wrede wrote:
Why don't we just let the guy write his thing in peace, before
demanding a complete book with stylistically professional
grammar and style?
I mean, at this rate we are beating the horse to death before
we've even put it in front of the carriage. If I were Philippe,
by this time I'd be stressed out, and the project would start
to whither.
How about folks just helping him write it, like he asked?
There's plenty of time to turn it to the Ten Commandments
later, but it needs to exist before that.
Getting feedback on writing style early is a great plus to the
author. That way he can incorporate it in future additions and
practice it, practice catching it.
As for the discussion at hand, I prefer to remove 'you' most of
the time. It started with just because I was told to in class,
but continues because I've seen what it does to my writing, and I
prefer it. But I'm still not perfect with it.
Also, yay articles/books on D!
