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05-22-2011, 03:37 PM
#61
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I proofread as much as I can. If I miss something, I edit.
A pet-peeve of mine is when someone uses the preposition 'at' at the end of a sentence. IE, where did you put it at? Argh!! Drives me crazy.
How about 'anyways'? That's another one that gets me. My mother reminded me over and over that it is 'anyway'. Now when I hear it, I think of her reminders.
A pet-peeve of mine is when someone uses the preposition 'at' at the end of a sentence. IE, where did you put it at? Argh!! Drives me crazy.
How about 'anyways'? That's another one that gets me. My mother reminded me over and over that it is 'anyway'. Now when I hear it, I think of her reminders.
05-22-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sylviasmom
I'm a good speller, but I just got a new computer and the keyboard is so tiny, I keep hitting the wrong keys. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.:)
05-22-2011, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BKrenning
No, they don't. Not even on the news tickers or in the newspapers. It used to drive me crazy but I've come to realize that the world is full of terrible spellers. My first clue was when I had to re-type meeting minutes for 2 different retired school superintendents, both with Masters degrees in education. There is no way they turned in their own papers to get those degrees!
05-22-2011, 04:19 PM
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I always proofread, can't help it. Someone mentioned they are not a good typist, maybe they are not to blame. I am a good typist, but I find that the keyboard on the laptop is different than the desk top. I seem to make typing errors on the laptop that I don't on the desktop. I think the keys are closer on the laptop. Maybe I'm mistaken, what do you all think?
05-22-2011, 04:34 PM
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Years ago, my daughter's English teacher told her class that when she receives a letter from some company advertising something and it is grammatically incorrect, she will correct it and send it back to the company.
05-22-2011, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bookfare
Does anyone besides me proofread anymore? LOL...this will probably have a typo as well! Surely glad to know that a recent quilt was made with men's shirts and not shorts, as originally stated! Hard to imagine that, but I was trying.
05-22-2011, 06:07 PM
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I am just a poor writer. I can proof read, use spell check, dictionary.com, write first on Word, and still make many mistakes. I will write book when I want to write look. Drives me crazy and I have struggled with this all my life. I love to communicate so I write anyway and hope you will forgive me for my weakness. I just proof read and noticed I wrote more instead of poor.
05-22-2011, 07:41 PM
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Funny that you should mention proofreading.......I was just wishing there was a "spellcheck" button available when posting here!
I do try to proof before I "send" but sometimes it seems that since I know what I meant to say I see it instead of what I really typed! OOPS.
But as others have mentioned, if I see a typo, I go back and edit it....most of the time..
I do try to proof before I "send" but sometimes it seems that since I know what I meant to say I see it instead of what I really typed! OOPS.
But as others have mentioned, if I see a typo, I go back and edit it....most of the time..
05-22-2011, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by luce321
I always proofread, can't help it. Someone mentioned they are not a good typist, maybe they are not to blame. I am a good typist, but I find that the keyboard on the laptop is different than the desk top. I seem to make typing errors on the laptop that I don't on the desktop. I think the keys are closer on the laptop. Maybe I'm mistaken, what do you all think?
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