... through my posts from last year, it’s occurred to me that I was in serious need of a spell-check, or proof-reading, or both. I’m re-reading to try and gain some perspective on my current situation. I’m always aiming forward but looking back and evaluating things from before help me to see thing a little clearer.
One thing is for certain, I shall be reading my posts very carefully to make sure that when I look back on them later, I’m not so embarrassed by the very obvious typos.
People obviously forgave me for them, because I still have readers. Have I mentioned lately how lovely you all are? You are, and more.
I’m thinking that I should write my posts in Word first and then copy and paste. Hmm, considerations…
Oh my, Thank You!
ReplyDeleteOkay, well, it happens to me as well. When I read through my old posts, my spelling/grammatical mistakes kind of jump out and bug me....
I have tried doing the 'Word' thing before actually posting...and it is good specially for long posts.
ReplyDeleteYou're a lot better than many people I've seen!
ReplyDeleteI hate when I go back and see a very obvious typo or misspelling - so frustrating!
I'm terrible at proofreading, I often correct the error as I read it. I'm afraid if I used Word I'd never publish anything.
ReplyDelete(I really hate it when people use a lot of text type in their blogs. I feel badly for hating it but I do.)
Mozilla has spell-check available (somehow, it marks my misspelled words-- even in comments!)
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, I'm a lot more judgmental of my own misspellings than of others.
I found it really significant to look over my posts from the past year. Kind of wild, too.
I think what Quiet Dreams said is true - we are more judgmental of our own misspellings than of others. My mother worked at newspapers her whole life and she can't read anything without proofreading it. I'm always a little self conscious of anything I write.
ReplyDeleteThe worst for me isn't just misspellings but when the misspelled word is a real word and I change the meaning. I remember being really upset and blogging about a violent dream I had. But instead of 'violent' I talked about my 'violet' dream. Violet wouldn't have been so bad!