Hello, I was wondering if it’s ok to backspace incorrect answers. On some questions I sometimes don’t get the correct answer until after 3-4 tries, but isn’t that cheating a little bit? Would it be better to hit enter if I don’t get the right answer on the first try and let the SRS system mark it as wrong, or am I misunderstanding something?
Thank you!
Yeah, I have the same question: what if I get the grammar point right but I forget to change shi to a sa for the word? Did I get the right answer or did I make it wrong?
Backspace is there for typos. If it’s an actual mistake, you should leave it as incorrect.
it’s up to you i think. i backspace frequently for early levels - usually i try to cut myself slack for getting る verbs wrong for example. you can think of backspacing as training wheels - eventually you want to start leaning on them less. if i get to seasoned and have to backspace because i’m guessing, i just leave it marked as wrong.
what is your goal? to read (or pronounce, or reproduce) japanese, or to have more things marked as correct on bunpro?
If you don’t press backspace, the question will come back at the end of the review session, so I personally don’t use it unless it’s a typo(aka I typed too fast and my fingers got it wrong but I was thinking the correct answer)
I think its best not to rely on it too much, if you don’t know it well enough to get it right it’s better to just get it wrong so you can get lots of reviews and practice for it!
Some people backspace if the thing they got wrong was the word rather than the grammer but it’s up to you^^
Theres also something called a ghost review, which was something I was confused about when I first started so I’ll explain. There’s different settings but the default is when you get an example sentance wrong twice or more in one review session, a ghost appears on that example sentance. The ghost comes back and haunts you whenever you are reviewing(i’m actually not sure how frequently tbh), and each time you get it wrong(twice maybe?) more ghosts appear for you to fight. When you get it right, you vanquish a ghost, and ya gotta keep doing than until they are all gone, then that example sentance will appear normally again.
Some people don’t like these and turn them off, but I think they are good cause it means you’re practicing the stuff you’re bad at.
I personally would mark that us incorrect so that it comes up more and I remember it.
Feature request: can only backspace on orange answers. Can still go back by clicking undo.
I’m not the only one confused by how easy it is to undo.
I saw someone post a script that did this, but I don’t know how to use scripts on the app.
i only use backspace before i see the answer, so i can give myself a second try. even after seeing the answer (like i get half correct), i would still just mark it as incorrect. overall i dont think backspacing on some answers is inherently bad because you still take note, but i myself dont do it. also if i get like the wrong form on a verb, i would still just mark it incorrect as to me that still counts as wrong, even if i got the base grammar point correct
All the times backspace is used gets logged. At the end of each quarter a management report gets generated, and warnings will be sent out. Should your backspace usage not decrease, your end of year review will be negatively impacted, and your performance management grade lowered.
You have been warned.
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Is that how you get the hidden “backspace” medal?
I think especially with vocab, when you have words that are synonyms or near synonyms, and the team hasn’t yet added orange hints, you kinda need to use it. Otherwise you’re marking yourself wrong for something that actually was fine.
…And then there are times when I go, “I’m tired, screw it I think I pretty much knew that one”.
As a language teacher (not Japanese) I would highly recommend not using backspace except for when you made an honest mistake such as a mistype. The SRS is there precisely for its ability to strengthen you on things you’re making mistakes on; if you aren’t truthful to it, it can’t help you as much. In the long run, not backspacing will help you.