Don’t scroll by without Reading this by Lauren Boebert....
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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.
It's good to come back, but I definitely hold people in authoritative positions to a different standard than anons on a forum! 🙃
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 almost never return to my posts.
Maybe change this year?
I'd apply for that position. It's kind of fun for me, like crossword puzzles. Typos jump out at me, screaming for assistance.
I thought it was just me being OCD.... :)
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 !!
Gotta love the ghosts in the machines changing what you actually type in order to make you look stupid. u/CHAOS_ACTUAL knows
You mean copy editing. Proof reading involves bleeds, margins, layout and has little to do with grammar, spelling or punctuation.