Sunday, May 20, 2007

bad grammar

We've just fixed some embarrassing typos in the last strip. The fault is both mine and Coolman's. His for not copying my texts exactly, mine for not checking after him. The strip should now be OK, to my knowledge of English.
Speaking of grammar, I have a favor to ask. As you can tell, (if by nothing else then by the .sk in our webcomic's address) none of us is a native english speaker. While I'm quite confident about my english, it's been a while since I've left school (highschool that is) and it seems I'm slowly forgetting things like spelling and such. Being a bit of a perfectionist (a lazy perfectionist, what a combination ^_^) I never miss a chance to get my grammar checked.
While other people hate being criticised for their grammar, I love it! I can never achieve perfection, but with people pointing out my mistakes and correcting me, I can get as close to it as possible. So this is a call to all those who like good grammar. Never hesitate to correct me, or to start discussion, even if you are not entirely sure. Same goes for styling as well.
Now this applyes to the comic itself, the Standard News website, including all the news, and this blog. I don't do grammar checks for Coolman's blog (though he could use some) That's his own business. I don't know if he'd appreciate your help with grammar. It's really up to him.

Now for tomorrow's update. I've sent the ... sketch? of the next strip to Coolman (I do kind of a stick drawing scheme of each strip and send it to him) on Friday afternoon, so by now it should be well in production. I've been out of touch for most of the weekend, so I haven't heard from Coolman since Friday or Thursday. I remember he's sitting an exam tomorrow, hopefully it won't prevent him from finishing the strip. I'll find out what's going on when he gets online. He may blog about the update status later this evening, so check out his blog if you're interested.

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