PMantle
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I like that review.
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The recent surge of lame reviews.
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I like that review.
If it is a word, then it's because so many people use poor grammar that it is just excepted now. It is still underlined when I typed it out. I sneaked into the ladies fitting room. I snuck into the ladies fitting room. No, sounds dumber to me.... IMO.:|
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I snuck a peek. I snuck around the corner. These seem more natural than sneaked. The better choice may just be what sounds best in the sentence. He sneaked a cookie from the jar is maybe better.
biscoe
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accepted.
i lost the spelling bee in middle school 40 years ago for spelling "excepted" when they were looking for "accepted"
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Somebody forgot to ask to have the word used in a sentence :|
biscoe
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Obviously, you would have bested me in a spelling, actually that was a brain spaz. I mistakenly combined expected and accepted. Words and their meanings have always changed through history. I just don't know about grammar changing. Yes Chuck, in America we have changed pronunciations of the Kings English so much that we should have our own language as far as the name..... like Americanish or something but sneaked never sounded funny until we created Snuck.
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Moo SNUCKel
Just a note to reviewers, particularly those who are new to disc golf...
When you make disparaging claims about a course being too difficult due to the fact that you haven't learned to hit gaps and shape your shots and get around, over and under things yet, well you're not really reviewing the course as you are your lack of game. When people see 0.something years experience and a single digit number of courses bagged by your name, they're likely going to attribute your beef to pilot error and not the course, particularly if they've played that course and know better. Great way to rack up the red thumbs.
I would never want such enforced as a rule around here, but a lot of folks would be wise to get at least one year of experience and at least ten courses on their played list before they start reviewing them so they have some frame of reference of what 'great' whatever is compared to 'good', 'fair', 'poor' etc.
When you make disparaging claims about a course being too difficult due to the fact that you haven't learned to hit gaps and shape your shots and get around, over and under things yet, well you're not really reviewing the course as you are your lack of game. When people see 0.something years experience and a single digit number of courses bagged by your name, they're likely going to attribute your beef to pilot error and not the course, particularly if they've played that course and know better. Great way to rack up the red thumbs.
I would never want such enforced as a rule around here, but a lot of folks would be wise to get at least one year of experience and at least ten courses on their played list before they start reviewing them so they have some frame of reference of what 'great' whatever is compared to 'good', 'fair', 'poor' etc.
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^ Agreed, to a point.
I think it's also important to play with players outside your skill level, both higher and lower skilled. If you're a natural, you might not get why some noobs/casual players might struggle mightily on a tough course you're able to handle. If you're newish, you can really benefit from watching how better players attack a course.
I know my review writing benefited greatly from playing with a group of guys and gals well beyond my experience and skill level...although I might not be able to hit a shot, I was able to see players that could do things I didn't even know were possible.
I think it's also important to play with players outside your skill level, both higher and lower skilled. If you're a natural, you might not get why some noobs/casual players might struggle mightily on a tough course you're able to handle. If you're newish, you can really benefit from watching how better players attack a course.
I know my review writing benefited greatly from playing with a group of guys and gals well beyond my experience and skill level...although I might not be able to hit a shot, I was able to see players that could do things I didn't even know were possible.
I think there's a certain amount of value in reviews from lower skilled/less experienced players. For a course to be truly a 5.0, it should really be accessible by players of all calibers, not just top players.
PMantle
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TOTALLY disagree with bolded statement, but that's okay!
Beauty is, we all put our own $.02 in and it all comes out a wash in the end via the law of averages!
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One of our local players was an english teacher before he retired a few years ago. He is ALWAYS correcting other players during rounds when they use improper english, especially "snuck". Annoying as hell.
