Kavita describes the role of a reviewer and challenges bloggers and film enthusiasts to hold themselves to a higher standard.
Coming to a very disturbing phenomenon that is occurring time and again these days: With language fluency and computer skills, with buying power and spare time all of us have turned into writers and critics but do we ensure that the grammar , syntax, spellings, dates , numbers are correct and true? Do we even try to learn from our predecessors? Do we check facts like maniacs [ the way it should be done ], in the age of Google and Wikipaedia this should pose no problem but are we even willing?. Do we formulate our own beliefs and standards before coming to a conclusion about others and their work?
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The Piker
Mar 6th, 2007 at 2:27 pm | #
To quote from the quote itself:
“but do we ensure that the grammar , syntax, spellings, dates , numbers”… and “in the age of Google and Wikipaedia this should pose no problem but are we even willing?. Do we…”
Now I don’t know if this is intentional from the author, but I see glaring punctuation flaws here. In the first quote, there is a space between ‘dates’ and the comma (and between ‘grammar’ and the comma). A very fundamental blunder (any magazine editor or word processor will tell you)
In the second quote, there is a clear sign of carelessness. A period after a question mark? Are you kidding me?
Sorry for that, but couldn’t help but spot the irony!
Shripriya
Mar 6th, 2007 at 3:04 pm | #
Hopefully you will read the whole post – she makes some good points.
Vulturo
Mar 7th, 2007 at 2:38 am | #
LOL