Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:20:18 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: One step forward.... Message-ID: <19980329212018.62300@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980328202733.dmlb@computer.my.domain>; from Duncan Barclay on Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 08:27:33PM -0000 References: <XFMail.980328202733.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 08:27:33PM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote:
> > Another thing we need help on is the technique of framing questions well.
> > The difference between a well worded question and one that's almost
> > impossible to answer is very obvious to those who do the answering. If it
> > were so obvious to us we wouldn't be writing bad ones, would we! :-)
> > That's the sort of thing that can only be learned through studying lots of
> > examples and doing lots of practice. How we'd do that here or in a document
> > I'm not real sure yet, but I'm working on it :-)
> >
>
> One thing I've just thought of is how to deal with non-native english speakers.
> Some of these people post some very convoluted questions which is purely
> down to poor language skills on both sides. How about asking for
> volunteers/whatever to be available for translation/replying in a native
> language?
That's an interesting idea, though native English speakers don't always
express themselves well either :-)
I'd like to hear what speakers of other languages think of the idea,
and how they would like it to be used.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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