"Please correct my grammar" in Spanish

[gardariki]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Just so you both know, no new member is allowed to have a signature until a certain number of posts have been made and a certain amount of time has transpired. Neither the number of posts nor the amount of transpired time is revealed.
Just continue to participate in the forums and check every so often to see if you are allowed to create a signature.

@Valeria: 'Te agradecería si me corriges/corrigieras los errores' is a good way to say that you want your grammatical errors corrected, but it is addressed to a single individual. Try your hand at addressing multiple individuals. There is also a way to write it so that no one in particular is being addressed (impersonal address).

Thanks for the explanation, I think it is absolutely normal that regulars have more rights than newcomers, and this is the case everywhere I go.

Now I am trying to build the phrase using impersonal address, and cannot find anything better so far than "Me agradezco/me ayuda mucho si alguien corrige mis errores." Does this make any sense?

[Rusty]

'Me agradezco' should not be used.
'Me ayuda mucho si ...' is OK.

The impersonal address I was talking about involves using the impersonal 'se' construct.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I agree with Rusty: "me agradezco" means "I thank myself".

[gardariki]

Originally Posted by Rusty

'Me agradezco' should not be used.
'Me ayuda mucho si ...' is OK.

The impersonal address I was talking about involves using the impersonal 'se' construct.

The best I can suggest at the moment is ¿Se puede corregir mis errores por favor?
and I am not at all sure about it. So I give up.
Anyway, this was fun. Thanks Rusty

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

I agree with Rusty: "me agradezco" means "I thank myself".

Will it be better if I write "Agradecería si alguien corrige mis errores"? (wanted to write "se lo agradecería..." but guess I shouldn't use pronouns in an impersonal addressing).

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by gardariki

Will it be better if I write "Agradecería si alguien corrige mis errores"? (wanted to write "se lo agradecería..." but guess I shouldn't use pronouns in an impersonal addressing).

First sentence is great.

The second one doesn't work very well here, but this is the kind of sentence you'd use if your reader already knows what you are talking about:

-- Señorita, ¿puedo servirle agua?
-- Se lo agradecería; tengo mucha sed.
("Lo" substitutes "servir agua", so you both know what the object is.)


As a side note, your request for being corrected can be also formulated as "Agradecería que alguien corrija mis errores", but that only if you have already studied the subjunctive; otherwise, it's better that you exercise what you know.

[Valeria]

Os agradezco por la ayuda!

I'll wait till I've accumulated the needed mysterious amount of posts/time.

[gardariki]

Muchas gracias a todos.