Don’t scroll by without Reading this by Lauren Boebert....
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I swear, the right needs a few editors. Why is it there are always minor mistakes that I just know will be latched on to?
Good messaging that I just know will be ignored in favor of "HEY LOOK AT THE DUMB CONSERVATIVES RAHRAHRAHRAHRAH".
Now that said, Boebert's one of the best and a good cookie. I do believe that official releases of any kind should be properly read over by an aide though.
Although on the flip side, commonly made mistakes indicate more of a likelihood that the person actually wrote it themself, as opposed to ghost writing.
True that, but when ever I write something formally I always ensure I read it multiple times, take a step away for a few minutes, come back and read it again, etc.
It's completely different from when I try to portray my way of talking or tone through text as I often try to do on forums or chat rooms. On here, I'll make grammatical errors or twist the English language to try and show a playful attitude, or I'll let my impulses guide me because of my enthusiasm.
I guess I've just seen too many people refocus viewers away from the messaging to tiny errors that it becomes an internalized cringe reaction when I see small errors on official documents.
Some of us are at a level of education in our lives that we automatically catch errors like that when we are reading something. It appears that we are alike in that regard. And as an aside note, a person could make a full-time job correcting errors posted by many, many people on this board. I'm sure you can relate. :)
I try to correct my tipos.
Yes. I tend to come back to my posts the next day, see obvious mistakes that could actually change the entire tone of my post and do a quick correction. I know on a couple occasions in my sleep deprived stupor I have just pushed a whole bunch of buttons on my phone that seemed right, but
we'rewere totally wrong.I try not to be the grammar police unless someone else is trying to be a jerk about someone else's mistake, I just believe it's different when you are putting out official correspondence. You should always be willing to step away and come back to it before hitting the "send" button, in my opinion anyway.
It's a part of being professional too.
There is also the example of autocorrect making mistakes that I otherwise would not have made in the absence of it, and I just exemplified the importance of coming back to it because the opposite mistake happened in this very post, go figure.
I'd apply for that position. It's kind of fun for me, like crossword puzzles. Typos jump out at me, screaming for assistance.
Oh I completely get it. I find myself proofreading nearly everything I write, several times. But so many people don't even proofread once. Given how shallow most of our politicians are, I'd bet that most are actually terrible writers, the result of lacking practice actually writing.
..... Might want to proofread that. LOL !!
This!
Also a mistake will bring the message to the media that wouldn't cover it. Trump is a master at it.
The aides are probably highly educated in the same Universities that have been busy doing other things rather than educate. "We're" being substituted with "were" is pretty obvious. Punctuation errors have more latitude, since the meanings can be easily determined and typically do not cause a casual reader to misunderstand the intended message, serious spelling issues can cause a pause and misstep while reading. I agree that they do need to have better editing and only make errors when it is intentional to send a message.
But spelling and grammar are RAYCISS!