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Post by monklady123 on Mar 1, 2015 11:55:15 GMT
Recently on this board I was corrected in a thread I made about turmeric. Never in my life had I ever noticed that there was an "r" between the "u" and "m" in the word. It's like my brain just glossed over it any time I read it. I remember when I was corrected I immediately Googled it because I was convinced I wouldn't miss something like that. Google, of course, told me I was wrong. In that particular case I was glad it had been pointed out because these are things I want to know! I don't just want to walk around talking about "tumeric" like an idiot for the rest of my life. Lol. I spent easily half of my life not realizing that there was an "r" after the "p" in "prerogative". Seriously, I'm sure I used it in speaking but had never written it I guess. I'm also sure I'd seen it in writing since I've always been a reader. But as you said, I think my brain just glossed over that first "r". lol. -- Also, funny that your "glossing" was an "r" too. Maybe there's some scientific reason why we don't see the letter "r"? [nah, just kidding....]
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 1, 2015 13:21:02 GMT
Once I sent a diary note to a parent in which I "apologised" for her not receiving her child's book (which the child had forgotten!) She very rudely replied "SPELLING!!!!!" and circled my word in red pen. I WANTED to copy and staple a page from a dictionary and explain that "as we lived in Australia I chose to use that spelling rather than the American one", but of course I just dated and signed her reply instead!
Oh man, I don't think I could let that one go!!! I just got finished reading a book on my kindle app; it was a self-published book and they tend to be notorious for poor editing. There was a note included in the beginning that said (paraphrasing) "this book was written by a person raised in Britain, and edited in the UK. The spelling of certain words, the structure of sentences and some of the punctuation is different than what the US audience is familiar with and not a result of poor editing." Apparently, a good portion of the reviews focused solely on what was perceived as poor editing, but is really just the difference between the countries. As I read through the book, I didn't see any glaring errors, just different-the only thing I had to get used to was the difference between how the quote/end quote was used when someone was being directly quoted.
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Post by pattipea on Mar 1, 2015 15:31:18 GMT
I, myself, would appreciate someone pointing out my mistakes - as long as it is brought to my attention privately, quietly. I know that people snicker at/talk about others' errors. How is one to make the proper changes if they aren't aware they are in error?
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Post by melanell on Mar 1, 2015 15:40:50 GMT
There are times when it is hard for me not to correct, but I still refrain.
Especially when it's an online blog (or something that could be easily edited/corrected) and I find the mistake so jarring/glaring that it really distracts me. Because weird as I may be, I am sure there must be some other people out there who are equally distracted by that kind of thing.
It would be so easy for them to fix it, but I hold my tongue.
Personally, I would like to be told, which I know makes the fact that I don't do so myself seem odd, but I am like that in may respects. What I do unto others is different from what I would easily accept from others.
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Post by melanell on Mar 1, 2015 15:44:01 GMT
Masada/Maseda is such a minor detail, she's the only one who will see her layout, she's not going to break out her letters and fix the title. Why do you care? I would absolutely fix my layout. I HATE when I find mistakes on my layouts and I always fix them if I find them or if someone points them out.
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Post by Kerri W on Mar 1, 2015 15:58:10 GMT
For me it's about context. In a public writing such as a blog or advertisement or in any business writing I would gently and kindly say something. In conversation or talking to a friend I would overlook it and perceive a correction as rude. I look at this message board or Facebook as more of a conversation between friends. I wouldn't correct my friends unless they asked for the input. And I would also consider many people are typing on mobile devices which are notorious for bad autocorrects and are more difficult to type/edit.
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Post by ingrid on Mar 1, 2015 21:48:00 GMT
That's interesting, because I remember a recent thread where a poster was talking about the "tang" of someone's voice and you said something in response like, "I think you mean 'twang'." I only remember because whatever she was saying was pretty obvious, yet you responded only to call her out while adding nothing to the discussion. Oh, I had forgotten about that. I do remember that and thinking about it now, was certainly done thoughtlessly. I really didn't mean to be an ass and didn't see it that way at the time, although now it seems obvious. It was just one of those moments that I didn't think about what I was doing. I am sorry I did that. Very good point. It's odd because that's really how I see most of the errors, IF I do see them -as probable typos. I really don't know why I said that then instead of just chalking it up to a typo. It's usually only "all the sudden" and "would of" that seem to jump out at me and make me wish people knew it wasn't correct. Anything else I just ignore, because who really cares and I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination and probably didn't see it anyway. Thinking about it now, it's just one of those things I wish I could do over. Honestly, I shouldn't have pointed the "twang" thing out in the first place, speaking of things we wish we could do over. It's been a frustrating week or two and I need to be more mindful of the way I'm dealing with it. I'm sorry for being petty. It's sort of hypocritical for me to point out an error while acting like I'm the patron saint of tolerance! Again, I apologize. Your response to me was much kinder than I deserved.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 0:34:19 GMT
Oh, I had forgotten about that. I do remember that and thinking about it now, was certainly done thoughtlessly. I really didn't mean to be an ass and didn't see it that way at the time, although now it seems obvious. It was just one of those moments that I didn't think about what I was doing. I am sorry I did that. Very good point. It's odd because that's really how I see most of the errors, IF I do see them -as probable typos. I really don't know why I said that then instead of just chalking it up to a typo. It's usually only "all the sudden" and "would of" that seem to jump out at me and make me wish people knew it wasn't correct. Anything else I just ignore, because who really cares and I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination and probably didn't see it anyway. Thinking about it now, it's just one of those things I wish I could do over. Honestly, I shouldn't have pointed the "twang" thing out in the first place, speaking of things we wish we could do over. It's been a frustrating week or two and I need to be more mindful of the way I'm dealing with it. I'm sorry for being petty. It's sort of hypocritical for me to point out an error while acting like I'm the patron saint of tolerance! Again, I apologize. Your response to me was much kinder than I deserved. I really didn't see your post as petty. You are always thoughtful and logical in your responses and I have a lot of respect for you and what you say.
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Post by ptamom on Mar 2, 2015 2:39:15 GMT
I was the school newsletter editor for my children's elementary school for 9 years, middle school for 3 years, then high school for one year. Then I retired when someone else wanted to do it!
I encountered so many glaring errors from teachers, administrators and school district employees that really surprised me. These were the people educating the kids!
But people are fallible; they make mistakes. I would quietly correct the articles before publishing the newsletter.
The first year I had one teacher who got miffed that I did not run her article as submitted. She thought my correction was unnecessary. But her article was ambiguous the way it was written. One of her sentences had a number of "objects" so it was unclear to which one the "subject" applied. I clarified it, and she felt my clarification made her sentence "less elegant."
So, from that time on, I sent my yearly "Hi, I'm your newsletter editor, please send all submissions to <email address>" with a notice that all submissions would be edited for space and clarity unless the submission was sent with a directive to print it exactly as written.
After that, I never had anyone ask that I run their article unedited. Ever.
After all those years spent correcting typos, spelling and even logic sometimes, it can be a difficult task for me to read the Interwebz without my head exploding. But I do my best to sit on my hands to keep them from issuing corrections to people I have no business editing.
But it ain't easy, fo shur.
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Post by sues on Mar 2, 2015 3:24:23 GMT
Speaking of 'not seeing' letters in words, thus spelling them wrong - I did that with mascarpone cheese for years. I spelled it and said it 'marscapone' forEVER. Sigh. I hate it when that happens.
I don't correct people, generally. If someone is being a total dick, calling out other people for stupid things- I might go for it though. I don't mind being corrected if I'm wrong - but I'm not OK with being called out publicly. The only reason to do that is to make someone feel stupid, or make yourself feel superior. I don't like it. If I'm writing on-line, I'm not going to pay attention to every detail as if I'm writing a term paper. If someone is going to evaluate my posts as if they're my teacher- they need a better hobby.
Every once in awhile on Facebook, I do a 'Misused/Misheard/Misunderstood Word of the Day'. It's usually sparked by something I read online or hear on TV - but it is NEVER sparked by a post from a FB friend...or a friend of a FB friend (where I might see it in a reply on the friend's page). I think that would be a dick move. There would be no point to it. It would just be hurtful or embarrassing. Even though I have said that very thing on more than one occasion- I still have friends or family thinking I'm talking about them when I do a 'word of the day'. That makes me post them less frequently, and that irritates me a little because they're weirdly fun to write.
A side effect from doing the 'word of the day' posts- it's given people the impression that I'm a grammar nazi, evaluating every post I see. That's just not true. I may think 'she used their instead of they're' -but I'm not judging. It's just an observation. Heck, I KNOW what form of the word I need when I'm typing and sometimes I STILL use the wrong one. Just a brain fart- not a lack of knowledge.
I admit though, errors in professional documents or communications drives me batty.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Mar 2, 2015 3:28:51 GMT
Unless I ask for you to proofread my works, I don't appreciate your corrections.
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Post by christinec68 on Mar 2, 2015 4:19:02 GMT
For me, when I post a layout in a gallery, I am inviting comments. They can be good or bad. of course most people are going to say something nice but there's always that chance it could be negative. I did once have some private message me about a misspelled word. They were so sweet in their approach and I appreciated they pointed it out so I could fix it while I still had the letters to make the correction.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 6:14:35 GMT
I grew up in a household that held a lot of importance on grammar and on speaking clearly. I went to a Catholic school that actually made your knuckles bleed if you spelled words incorrectly, so it is second nature to me. Sometimes I am wrong, and I try to learn from that. I do see that if you try to help someone with their spelling, even privately, they get upset, so I try not to do it too often anymore. I still get upset when I see teachers or former teachers misspelling words. It should be ingrained in them. It's not something you "forget". Even on social media, you should write the way you always do. I have a friend's daughter on my Facebook (she's 20) and she's a substitute teacher for a high school in NJ. She posted something about her students and their lack of knowledge, and she had glaring grammatical errors in her post. I cringed. If you're teaching kids (and even adults), then you should be QUALIFIED to teach, spell, speak, and have them learn from you. Don't pass on your poor language skills to the next generation!
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Post by ingrid on Mar 2, 2015 7:00:11 GMT
Honestly, I shouldn't have pointed the "twang" thing out in the first place, speaking of things we wish we could do over. It's been a frustrating week or two and I need to be more mindful of the way I'm dealing with it. I'm sorry for being petty. It's sort of hypocritical for me to point out an error while acting like I'm the patron saint of tolerance! Again, I apologize. Your response to me was much kinder than I deserved. I really didn't see your post as petty. You are always thoughtful and logical in your responses and I have a lot of respect for you and what you say. Again, kinder than I deserve. Thank you for such a nice response
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Post by Rainbow on Mar 5, 2015 6:08:20 GMT
I just shake my head.
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