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Tips to create a successful post in the forums

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Here are some cases when your post is probably downvoted: 1. Posting any kind of thing against the guidelines. Posting something in a wrong forum. 2. Posting about your achievments (lingots, crowns, streaks, xp, leagues). If you write a really meaningful story it is upvoted greatly. 3. Creating contests. Contests may increase the number of cheaters and may spoil the friendly atmospehere. Some of the nicely thought contests can be upvoted as well, like: Haiku poetry contest, nicely organised story contest. 4. Asking people to upvote or not to downvote. 5. Writing nonsense, using impolite words, cyberbullying. 6. Announcing people that you are new, leaving Duo, you hate something or someone. 7. Asking people about the things that can be found easily: translation of words, solving tests for them. 8. Lingot begging, also asking to follow you in Duo, together with giving the link of your Youtube channel, Instagram profile or etc. 9. Posting something like "Duolingo is amazing" even if you see the same thing posted a few minutes or hours ago. If you want it to be successful you should suggest exact reasons why you like it. Did it help to learn without a teacher, staying at home, etc. 10. Asking for a dark mode over and over again. 11. Answering the question you don't know, saying like "Idk" or "Sorry, I don't know". 12. Posting several times a day (suggested by Paige_715), like more than twice. You can post something after a couple of hours. 13. Having a poorly written post (suggested by Fifilikescheese). You may have a good idea, but if you use too much unnecessary formatting, using too bright colours, or the size of your fonts alter too much, your post is downvoted. 14. Creating topics that interest only small audience, creating topics that are too technical (suggested by dogomolo). 15. Posts that are (a petition) about adding something to Duolingo, like adding a new language or a new mode, usually get downvoted (suggested by Proswald). 16. Suggestion about the titles by fremanolas. Some people are devaluing their own posts by giving them meaningless titles like 'question' or 'Spanish' (in the Spanish forum). Even if some people bother to open those posts, in many cases they are actually quite good or interesting. If you put effort into writing an entire post, please put at least some effort into the title, so that people know what to expect. 17. Suggestion by zoe_popato. Sometimes it is possible to see several posts that are all exactly the same, written by the same person, with the same content and titles. Also, sometimes if one's post gets downvoted, they delete the post, copy and paste it all into a new post for no reason. 18. Be generous enough with spaces, people don't like reading text paragraphs without spaces (suggested by Horsey-Girl). It is also annoying and even if your idea is great, your post is downvoted. 19. Another case of virtually guaranteed downvoting is copying someone else's post (suggested by Atervanda). 20. Asking for a new language course in Duolingo (suggested by Jaela96). If you ask for a course without doing research and the language you're asking for is already suggested before, your post is downvoted. There are number of cases when your post is upvoted greatly: 1. Language related post, which is written greatly. You should choose a great title, ask something politely, include the reason why you created this and why you need this. 2. Suggesting a great idea, which is nicely thought. You should think about both pros and cons, benefits, why it is essential. 3. Trying to motivate people by your language learning story. Your story should be based on real things, and you should be as sincere as possible. 4. Posting about tips to learn something in Duo, guides, events you liked, anything which is connected with languages. 5. Discussing sentences in Duo, stories or your own sentences in your target language. 6. Sometimes simple really does the trick (suggested by uphilldweller). If your post is lively and natural, also if your achievment is really great, your post is upvoted. 7. Making a successful post needs to be benefiting the community (suggested by duocousin). Your post needs to be about something you are saying that will help someone in the future. Some more suggestions by normenneskio: 1. Only post if you have something to say. Most people have a feeling for posts that are motivated by "I want to write a post and was searching for a reason/pretext". 2. Don't just copy text from other sources except to quote (see above). 3. Observe the forum before posting. You'll get a feeling what's right and what's wrong and you'll see if your topic already was discussed some days before. 4. Differentiate between personal opinion and facts. Selling your personal opinion as a fact is provocative. If you present a statement as a fact it should be provable. Refering to generally recognized sources, e. g. Wikipedia, is not necessarily a proof, but giving the source allows the reader to judge about reliability (still be aware that one does not need to agree). 5. Use a significant title. If you make people to open your post ("Important message, please read") and the content doesn't keep the made promise, it might be a candidate for most DVs of the day. These were the number of cases which I experienced myself, if you have any other suggestions, I'll be happy to hear. Thank you for reading, have a nice day. Sincerely, Saydobid_Xusanov. Saydobid Dilmurod o‘g‘li Xusanov P. S. Post is edited with spaces after g-heike's suggestion Great thanks to you all! (written after 2 days) Thank you everyone for your great suggestions, all of the ones you have added are truly incredible. Moreover, my huge thanks to nearly 100 upvotes you gave for my little work! I really appreciate each comment and each idea. I still wait for your great ideas!
Here are
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some
cases when your
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post
is
probably
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downvoted
:

1. Posting any kind of thing against the guidelines. Posting
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something
in a
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wrong
forum.

2.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Posting
about your
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achievments
(
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lingots
, crowns, streaks,
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xp
, leagues).
“If” at the beginning of a sentence usually requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
If
you write a
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really
meaningful
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story
it is
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upvoted
greatly
.

3. Creating
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contests
.
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
Contests
may increase the number of cheaters and may spoil the friendly
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atmospehere
.
If the text is a generality, 'of the' is not necessary. Did you mean "some"?
Some of the
nicely
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thought
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contests
can be
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upvoted
as
well
, like: Haiku poetry
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contest
,
nicely
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organised
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story
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contest. 4
. Asking
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people
to
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upvote
or not to
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downvote
.

5. Writing nonsense, using impolite words, cyberbullying.

6. Announcing
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people
that you are
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new
, leaving
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Duo
, you hate
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something
or someone.

7. Asking
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people
about the things that can
be found
easily
: translation of words, solving
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tests
for them.

8.
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Lingot
begging,
also
asking to follow you in
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Duo
, together with giving the link of your
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Youtube
channel, Instagram profile or etc.

9. Posting
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something
like
Use a smart opening quote here: "“".
"
Duolingo is amazing
Use a smart closing quote here: "”".
"
even if you
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see
the same thing posted a few minutes or hours ago. If you want it to be successful you should suggest exact reasons why you like it. Did it
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
help
to learn without a teacher, staying at home, etc.

10. Asking for a dark mode over and over again.

11. Answering the question you
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
don't
know, saying like
Use a smart opening quote here: "“".
"
Did you mean the abbreviation for "I don't know"?
Idk
Use a smart closing quote here: "”".
"
or
Use a smart opening quote here: "“".
"
Sorry, I
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don't
know
Use a smart closing quote here: "”".
"
.

12. Posting several times a day
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(suggested
by Paige_715), like more than twice. You can
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post
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
something
after a couple of hours.

13. Having a
poorly
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written
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post
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
(suggested
by
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Fifilikescheese
). You may have a
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good
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idea
,
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but
if you
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use
too much unnecessary formatting, using too bright
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colours
, or the size of your fonts alter too much, your
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post
is
Possible spelling mistake found.
downvoted
.

14. Creating topics that interest
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only
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
small
audience, creating topics that are too technical
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
(suggested
by
Possible spelling mistake found.
dogomolo
).

15.
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
Posts
that are (a petition) about adding
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something
to Duolingo, like adding a
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new
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language
or a
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new
mode,
usually
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get
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downvoted
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(suggested
by
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Proswald
).

16.
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
Suggestion
about the
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titles
by
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fremanolas
.
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Some
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people
are devaluing their
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own
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posts
by giving them meaningless
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titles
like 'question' or 'Spanish' (in the Spanish forum). Even if
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some
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people
bother to open those
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posts
, in
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many
cases they are
actually
quite
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good
or interesting. If you put effort into writing an entire
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post
,
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please
put at least
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
some
effort into the
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title
,
so
that
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people
know what to
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
expect
.

17.
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
Suggestion
by
In standard English, a word does not contain an underscore character (_). Make sure that the word 'zoe _ popato' is correct.
zoe_popato
.
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Sometimes
it is possible to
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see
several
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posts
that are all exactly the same,
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written
by the same person, with the same content and
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titles
.
Also
,
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sometimes
if one's
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post
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gets
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downvoted
, they delete the
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post
, copy and paste it all into a
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new
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post
for no reason.

18. Be generous
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enough
with spaces,
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people
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don't
like reading text paragraphs without spaces
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(suggested
by Horsey-Girl). It is
also
annoying and even if your
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idea
is
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great
, your
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post
is
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downvoted
.

19. Another case of
virtually
guaranteed
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downvoting
is copying someone else's
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post
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
(suggested
by
Possible spelling mistake found.
Atervanda
).

20. Asking for a
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new
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language
course in Duolingo
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
(suggested
by Jaela96). If you
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
ask for
a course without doing research and the
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language
you're asking for is already
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suggested
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before
, your
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post
is
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downvoted
.

There are number of cases when your
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post
is
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upvoted
greatly
:

1.
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Language
related
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post
, which is
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written
greatly
. You should choose a
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great
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
title
, ask
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something
politely
, include the reason why you created this and why you
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need
this.

2. Suggesting a
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great
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
idea
, which is
nicely
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
thought
. You should
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
think
about both pros and cons, benefits, why it is essential.

3. Trying to motivate
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people
by your
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language
learning
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
story
. Your
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story
should
be based
on real things, and you should be as sincere as possible.

4. Posting about tips to learn
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something
in
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Duo
, guides,
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events
you liked, anything which
is connected
with
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languages. 5
. Discussing sentences in
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Duo
,
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
stories
or your
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
own
sentences in your target
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language. 6
.
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Sometimes
simple
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really
does the trick
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(suggested
by
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uphilldweller
). If your
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post
is lively and natural,
also
if your
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achievment
is
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really
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great
, your
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post
is
Possible spelling mistake found.
upvoted
.

7. Making a successful
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post
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needs
to be benefiting the community
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(suggested
by
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duocousin
). Your
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post
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needs
to be about
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something
you are saying that will
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help
someone in the future.

This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
Some
more
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suggestions
by
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normenneskio
:

1.
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Only
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post
if you have
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something
to say. Most
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people
have a feeling for
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
posts
that
are motivated
by
Use a smart opening quote here: "“".
"
I want to write a
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
post
and was searching for a reason/pretext
Use a smart closing quote here: "”".
"
.

2.
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
Don't
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just
copy text from other sources except to quote (
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
see
above).

3. Observe the forum
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before
posting. You'll
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
get
a feeling what's
right
and what's
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
wrong
and you'll
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
see
if your topic already
was discussed
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
some
days
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
before
.

4. Differentiate between personal opinion and facts. Selling your personal opinion as a fact is provocative. If you present a statement as a fact it should be provable.
Possible spelling mistake found.
Refering
to
generally
recognized sources,
There should be no space here: "e.g.".
e. g.
Wikipedia, is not
necessarily
a proof,
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but
giving the source
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
allows
the reader to judge about reliability (
still
be aware that one does not
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need
to
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
agree
).

5.
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Use
a significant
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title
. If you
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make
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
people
to open your
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post
(
Use a smart opening quote here: "“".
"
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
Important
message,
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please
read
Use a smart closing quote here: "”".
"
) and the content doesn't
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keep
the made promise, it might be a candidate for most
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DVs
of the day.

These were the number of cases which I experienced myself, if you have any other
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suggestions
, I'll be happy to hear. Thank you for reading,
have a nice day
.

Sincerely
,
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Saydobid_Xusanov
.
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Saydobid
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Dilmurod
o‘g‘
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li
Please add a punctuation mark at the end of paragraph
Xusanov


P. S.
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Post
is edited
with spaces after
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g-heike
's suggestion

Great thanks to you all!
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(written
after 2 days)

Thank you everyone for your
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great
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suggestions
,
Consider using "all the".
all of the
ones you have
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added
are
truly
incredible.
Moreover
, my huge thanks to
nearly
100
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upvotes
you gave for my
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little
work! I
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really
appreciate each comment and each
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idea
. I
still
wait for your
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great
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ideas
!
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