joeBob posted a comment on Monday 6th August 2007 5:42pm for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

"Angel of Mercy"! Hoo Hah!

A fan fic reader's dream come true!

BUT, in fairness: (1)SOME of those butchering the language are ESL writers. You can tell because the writing slowly gets better, from one story to the next.
(2) Much of the rest were edumacated in the People's "Democracy" of California. They thus learn that your Nazi-like notions of grammar and spelling are just uptight assaults on their self esteem.

pip posted a comment on Tuesday 3rd July 2007 6:44am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

funny chapter, oh and that line, 'For anyone reading this drivel, I’m the Angel of Mercy, you little piss ant...' i read that on godawfulfinfiction.com ... it made me laugh then aswell...

dogbertcarroll posted a comment on Monday 19th March 2007 9:02am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

*snicker*

Manatheron posted a comment on Friday 22nd September 2006 10:23am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

I've probably reviewed this already, but in case I didn't, and Alyx or Bob ever read this review... THANK YOU ALYX

(Oh ya, you too bobmin)

azzy posted a comment on Thursday 17th August 2006 2:15am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

wow.
this was hilarious. all of my classmates seem to have this style (if it can be called that) and just can NOT spell correctly. it pisses me off, and now you just made me jealous, cause now i want my very own angel of mercy. it would be a life saver!!!

Tumshie posted a comment on Thursday 22nd December 2005 11:02am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

Just one thing, if you want the correct Brittish line it would be 'could so write'

Wooster posted a comment on Saturday 10th December 2005 3:04pm for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

Could the angel of mercy kill off my friend? She keeps making me read her fanfic. The grammar/spelling makes my brain dribble out of my ears.

Brilliant beyond belief.

David Thacker posted a comment on Thursday 1st December 2005 12:40pm for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

That was funny.

Christina C. Keimig posted a comment on Monday 28th November 2005 10:42am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

I wish my students could write even this well!!! ;-)

Steven Augart posted a comment on Sunday 20th November 2005 11:02am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

What a fine tale. Good for you, Alyx.

Wolff posted a comment on Friday 18th November 2005 12:00pm for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

You missed the one that has been driving me nuts lately: dieing. No, you fools! it's "dying". "Dieing" means "to cut or stamp as with a die". Ugh. The sad thing is, most of the people who make these mistakes claim English as their native language. But, I gotta say, when they write in Gibberish, we're only capable of reading in Bewilderment.

-W

Yenom posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 6:53pm for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

hahaha Oh wow, god that was hard to read at first, but I bet was even harder for you to write. To bad you really can't shoot someone who's that bad at writing.

Well, on to read more.

Donna Mobley posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 11:12am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

What's really sad is I've found a couple fics that read like that but have a good concept and storyline. It would be a great story with some major proofreading. I've offer my services as a beta but get no takers.

Seen a few credit their *younger* sibling as their beta! (Author was 13!)

FenrisWolf posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 9:35am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

Oh, if only we could.....sometimes it feels like the following conversation is happening endlessly.

"So, you don't use a beta?"

"Naw, Man, I got rid of it when I got a DVD player!"

sylver_skoon posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 6:37am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

*Sigh* Just imagine how harder it is for those of us for whom English is a second language. Either we can't understand the 'alignment of words' (some can't qualify as stories) or we get a headache at going back in the text to try to find what should be the right spelling then reread the text.

I'm glad my office is isolated, nobody heard me laugh at the ending...

sockhopsinger posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 5:11am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

I am very angry at you. There was so much focus on the bad spelling that you forgot all of Harry's little friends: Sirus, Serverus, Hargid, Mafloy, Luscius, Dumbledor (or Dumbldore if you prefer), Mcgonagal,

And the two most often mis-spelled!

Voldermort and Hermoine!

Love all of your stories, especially Sunset. Keep up the great work!

Jeff1 posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 4:48am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

Thank you! So many times I have wanted to do just such a thing to some poor schmuk writing fanfiction.

MattD posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 4:37am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

My brain hurts....

Asad posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 2:02am for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

Alyx! You did us all a favor by shooting that [can think of no appropriate word]......

A very commonly encountered problems very aptly described... it was a bit painful to read....

Shawn Pickett posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 11:08pm for Chapter 3 - Harry meets English

YES!!!! Alyx, your are officially the new deity I worship, can we go forth in your name and smite all of the evil authors who refuse to use proper grammer and spelling?