I agree with robotresearcher. The grammar mistake influenced negatively the way I interpreted your words and my perception of you.
It happens at an unconscious level.
Without errors I would just get the meaning. With the errors, I see them first and get distracted.
The same happened with the article: too well written to be enjoyable.
You could feel the effort in finding clever ways to say simple things.
The fact that you didn't thank him for taking the time to help you, makes me think that for you self improvement is less important than looking smart.
As he said, <I'm not knocking you down but trying to help you from making trivial mistakes that change people's perception and distract and detract from the important things>
That explains it perfectly.
The same happened with the article: too well written to be enjoyable. You could feel the effort in finding clever ways to say simple things.
The fact that you didn't thank him for taking the time to help you, makes me think that for you self improvement is less important than looking smart. As he said, <I'm not knocking you down but trying to help you from making trivial mistakes that change people's perception and distract and detract from the important things> That explains it perfectly.