Correct the author's work

[Fantasies_only]

I realize most of you are amateur editors volunteering your time on a Website, but that shouldn't make a difference.
If the author makes a mistake it's your job to know the three rules of writing (technically 4 rules).
1: Know where to put punctuation.
2: Learn how to use capitals.
3: Think what the best grammar for your paragraph would be.
4: Why should the reader put up with poor spelling?

If you're gonna (yeah I said gonna instead of going to) act like you're correcting a story, then do your best in correcting it.
It's even more crucial in a porn story or "erotica".
The reader will get turned off real fast if there are too many mistakes, and it might not even hold enough interest for one who could read any one of the millions of stories here.

For authors:
This site is primarily English.
If you don't come from America, please wright in your native language.
This way you have less of a chance to mess things up.
Make sure you've had a good education, or don't start writing for public display or distribution.
If you have a disability or handicap, you can get a ghost writer to wright under your name (give that person credit as well).

 

[manyeyedhydra]

Um, what is this 'wright' you're referring to?

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

Given the spelling, grammatical errors, and overall inconsistencies in your post, I can't decide if you're serious or if this is meant to be a joke. Are you telling volunteer editors to do a better job? Or are you asking people to correct your mistakes as a sort of editing exercise? I have a feeling it's the former, but I hope an editor around here takes it upon themselves to do the latter.

In any event, I enjoyed this comedic bit:

This site is primarily English.
If you don't come from America, please wright in your native language.

Those pesky Aussies, Kiwis, Canadians, and Brits, refusing to "wright" in their native language. How dare they!

 

[sr71plt]

Your four points aren't parallel. A good editor would correct that.

 

[SamScribble]

'This site is primarily English.
If you don't come from America, please wright in your native language.'

As a Brit, I thought that English was my native language. I must have missed the memo.

 

[Great_Brit]

Um, what is this 'wright' you're referring to?

Clearly a misnomer. Wheels are made by a wheelwright, but words are made by a wordsmith.

However as was pointed out:

As a Brit, I thought that English was my native language. I must have missed the memo.

More than that, Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, actually owns the language. That is why it is called The Queen's English.

Beware of all inferior imitations. Use only the genuine language.

 

[estragon]

It was a spoof, wasn't it?

 

[LindsayRae]

He's simply a moron that has been released from his cage once more, and instead of harassing *only* those in the Story Ideas board he has found a new place to play.