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Too many "and's" in Reviewer Stats [duplicate]
In the Suggested Edits Reviewer Stats, I saw that the Reviewer has no commas and lots of "and"s:
Whereas the Editor Stats do have commas and don't run on. Small bug, but can we give the ...
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I've been getting grammar corrections rejected - resulting in a ban, while in the past every single one was always accepted. Review system broken? [closed]
I've so far been very impressed with Stack Overflow's unique review system, which has been a marked improvement on most any other.
Yet, I got banned for reviewing... What I think happened was that non-...
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What to do about mistaken copyediting if reverting a bad reversion gets rejected?
What can be done if a well-meaning but misinformed editor changes a question away from standard English and attempts to fix it are rejected as "completely superfluous"?
Example
This example will be ...
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Unnecessary "and"s in reviewer stats
I've noticed that the reviewer stats in the review queue contain awkward uses of polysyndeton:
user has approved $count edit suggestions and rejected $count edit suggestions and improved $count ...
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English as a second language - Is it acceptable to edit spelling and grammar? [duplicate]
This question refers specifically to questions posed by individuals that are clearly using English as a second language. It does not refer to people who are making minor mistakes in their native ...
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Accept an edit that edited "noob" into conventional English?
I was looking at an edit and they'd basically just fixed some spelling and grammar (although not thoroughly, there were still some issues, but that's beside the point). Anyway the asker said, in the ...
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Is is OK to reject an edit based on poor spelling in Edit Summary?
I must get up to 5 or 6 of my daily Suggested Edits that have the following as Edit Summary:
Fix bad grammer [sic]
Maybe I'm just a spelling/grammar/syntax Nazi, but it makes me angry that people ...
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Comma splice in pending edit mouseover notification
When a 3k-rep user browses to a post that has a pending suggested edit, the edit link changes to edit (1). When you mouse over it, the title text displayed is:
1 edit to this post is pending, ...
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Is it acceptable to edit (correct) grammar or spelling?
Some individuals may be sensitive to edits of their posts on the basis of spelling or grammar. Some editors may be concerned about what to put in as a reason/explanation for the edit. New editors, in ...
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