Best settings to make the reviews more strict?

Bunpro
#1

I’m an n3-learner and this is my alt account lol. I’m going through my main account that I finished all the way up to n3 kinda just loosely going through the reviews to get a familiarity with them. I want this account to kinda work backwards and be as strict as possible and tighten up any grammar holes I might have starting with n5. It’ll be much slower progress on this account (I just started and I’m doing 1 grammar point a day). But I believe in the long game, and once I get to n4 I’ll probably start getting stuff that I don’t know the nuance difference of.

My plan for this account is that every single thing I get wrong or yellowed out that says anything other than there’s another way to say this (so no “this is the wrong nuance” yellow) to reread the grammar explanation every single time. And eventually it should stick I think.

So to that end, I want to make the settings more strict, while also being in the realm of realism.

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#2

Don’t think there’s really going to be too many Settings that will do what you’re talking about, the only ones that come to mind that are semi-related would be:

  1. Question + Answer Type
  2. Ghost Reviews + Minimum SRS For Ghosts
  3. SRS Strictness

Reading the grammar explanation page + the Related Grammar sections then reading all the example sentences is probably going to be enough. Periodic Cram sessions of entire Lessons may also help drill down the nuances you’re talking about. I think with this slower approach you’ll end up learning a lot even without tinkering with too many settings or anything, glgl on your alt’s journey :mage:

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#3

I try to mark anything wrong as wrong. Unless the hints result in a synonym “try a different grammar pattern 🪿” then a wrong answer is a wrong answer.

I’ll add that SRS strictness of only reducing by 1 for each wrong answer is quite generous for an SRS app.

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#4

I have mine set quite strict! I have it set on the fastest SRS cycle, but a single fail resets it back to the very beginning. I end up seeing some things many, many, many times.

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#5

How does that work with the ghost reviews and stuff? I feel like doing that can lead to “knowing” a grammar point just by memorizing the sentence.

#6

I haven’t found that to be a problem at all. If anything, it helps. I do always make sure to read the sentences in full and make sure I understand each part though.