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:Hi, do you speak Portuguese? {{u|Mathglot}} and I could use your help if so. Could you contact me to discuss? I can help with the English part if you help us. Thanks [[User:Elinruby|Elinruby]] ([[User talk:Elinruby|talk]]) 02:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
:Hi, do you speak Portuguese? {{u|Mathglot}} and I could use your help if so. Could you contact me to discuss? I can help with the English part if you help us. Thanks [[User:Elinruby|Elinruby]] ([[User talk:Elinruby|talk]]) 02:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

== Grammar correction tools ==

Hi, O recomeço. Are you familiar with grammar and spelling correction tools? If you use Microsoft Word, it has a spellchecker and grammar checker that can find and fix English mistakes. There are also many online tools available for free. Another approach, is to install and use Chat GPT as a grammar checker; if you follow that approach, don't use Chat GPT to write content—that would be a big mistake, and likely get you blocked—but you could use it to copyedit content you wrote, and turn it into proper English, and then copy the corrected version of your words into the article; there should be no problem doing that.

Here is an English tip for you:
* Unlike in Portuguese, in English we capitalize months and demonyms (adjectives for countries, people, or religions). So, for example, in English it is "September", "Cuban", and "Jewish"; not "<s>september</s>", "<s>cuban</s>", or "<s>jewish</s>".

I know English is not your native language, and this won't fix everything, but it will help if you can capitalize countries, demonyms, and religions. Can you do that? And if you could look into getting a free grammar/spell-check tool, that would help as well. I just tried [https://www.grammarcheck.net/editor/ this one]] on the diffs linked by an editor at [[WP:ANI#User:O_recomeço_and_WP:CIR_2:_Electric_Boogaloo|WP:ANI]], and it showed me the errors with <u>underlined words</u>, and then if you click on them, it fixes them. I found it by Googling [https://www.google.com/search?q=free+online+grammar+checker free online grammar checker] and you can find many more free tools like that one, if you don't like this one. Best of luck! [[User:Mathglot|Mathglot]] ([[User talk:Mathglot|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The Grand Delusion(Send a message) 17:48, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

December 2023

Even though the ANI report has been archived, I feel like it is worth mentioning that you have made ZERO improvement in your grammar and spelling since you last commented on the report, as evidenced here and here. Furthermore, it seems as if you have failed to heed Darth Mike's suggestion that you only edit the version of Wikipedia where you are proficient in the language of.

To quote from WP:CIR: "Sometimes editors have good intentions, but are not competent enough to edit in a net positive manner. They create work that others have to clean up." With your constant grammatical errors, you are creating work that other editors, myself included, have had to clean up. The Grand Delusion(Send a message) 05:34, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source as you did here [1] on Bonnie and Clyde. signed, Willondon (talk) 20:03, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

sloppy work

You made four typos in this single edit. Everyone makes mistakes. However, we should not be routinely making edits that other Wikipedians have to clean up. Please be more careful. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:24, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The Grand Delusion(Send a message) 01:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, do you speak Portuguese? Mathglot and I could use your help if so. Could you contact me to discuss? I can help with the English part if you help us. Thanks Elinruby (talk) 02:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar correction tools

Hi, O recomeço. Are you familiar with grammar and spelling correction tools? If you use Microsoft Word, it has a spellchecker and grammar checker that can find and fix English mistakes. There are also many online tools available for free. Another approach, is to install and use Chat GPT as a grammar checker; if you follow that approach, don't use Chat GPT to write content—that would be a big mistake, and likely get you blocked—but you could use it to copyedit content you wrote, and turn it into proper English, and then copy the corrected version of your words into the article; there should be no problem doing that.

Here is an English tip for you:

  • Unlike in Portuguese, in English we capitalize months and demonyms (adjectives for countries, people, or religions). So, for example, in English it is "September", "Cuban", and "Jewish"; not "september", "cuban", or "jewish".

I know English is not your native language, and this won't fix everything, but it will help if you can capitalize countries, demonyms, and religions. Can you do that? And if you could look into getting a free grammar/spell-check tool, that would help as well. I just tried this one] on the diffs linked by an editor at WP:ANI, and it showed me the errors with underlined words, and then if you click on them, it fixes them. I found it by Googling free online grammar checker and you can find many more free tools like that one, if you don't like this one. Best of luck! Mathglot (talk) 03:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]