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minus-squareZahtu@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-22 days agogoddamn, those sentences are awful. i dont know whether its because they are from an US-american english text rather than a british one or whether its the authors way oft writing, but judging reading comprehension with this is nuts.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days ago The above passage, for example, comes from Game Feel, a game design guide written by Steve Swink. Steve Swink (and his editors) needs to be forced fed a copy of his book. Being able to design games doesn’t mean one can write about designing games.
minus-squareMister Neon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI’m an American born and raised. I couldn’t get that sentence in a paragraph question to save my life.
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI feel like it would have been better to let AI write it as the passage would benefit from using some em dashes. It’s so poorly written.
goddamn, those sentences are awful. i dont know whether its because they are from an US-american english text rather than a british one or whether its the authors way oft writing, but judging reading comprehension with this is nuts.
Steve Swink (and his editors) needs to be forced fed a copy of his book.
Being able to design games doesn’t mean one can write about designing games.
I’m an American born and raised. I couldn’t get that sentence in a paragraph question to save my life.
I feel like it would have been better to let AI write it as the passage would benefit from using some em dashes. It’s so poorly written.