Timeline for Would it be rude or helpful to ask a foreign coworker if they'd like for me to correct their English when there are obvious mistakes?
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| Jul 1, 2016 at 1:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/748696520162152448 | ||
| Jun 30, 2016 at 23:58 | history | reopened |
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| Jun 30, 2016 at 23:58 | history | edited | ff524 |
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| Jun 30, 2016 at 9:54 | comment | added | user2390246 | @qsp "I wish somebody would do the same for me." :) | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 19:46 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Jun 29, 2016 at 19:31 | comment | added | YungHummmma | I'd also add that, scanning the related questions off to the side, a lot of those could just be workplace.SE questions instead. This is taking place in academia, if that helps. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 19:28 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | ... you happen to be right)."). While practical considerations certainly have their place in academia, and hierarchy does exist in some way, my general experience is that people in academia will rather also have a certain sense of perfectionism concerning their work and usually value expanding their knowledge a bit more than being happy with "good enough". And while this particular response wasn't given, I half-way expected someone on Workplace SE to point out that "if it's not your assigned task, don't do it", which of course is also in contrast to the self-organizing nature of academic work. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 19:28 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @BrianTompsett-汤莱恩: I disagree with the close rationale. While the problem surely does occur both in academia and in business, I do think answers are somewhat different. Case in point, there is one similar Workplace SE question, and its answers mostly focus on whether the English issues are a problem for the company's business ("if the customers are okay with the imperfect English, then you shouldn't meddle with it too much") and on the relative hierarchical position of those involved ("Knowing when to shut up is very important (even if ... | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 5:03 | history | closed |
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| Jun 29, 2016 at 4:31 | comment | added | sean | You are so kind. I wish somebody do the same for me. | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:36 | comment | added | Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is more suited to The Workplace | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:35 | comment | added | Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 | I don't think this is specifically an Academic issue. It is one that could occur in any workplace, so perhaps it should be more suited to the workplace group. | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:34 | answer | added | J. Roibal - BlockchainEng | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 19:04 | answer | added | Burak Ulgut | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 18:49 | history | asked | YungHummmma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |