Wish folks would reread their posts and submissions.

I love all of the contributions members make here in Zity Biz. Can I make one little suggestion? Everyone please try rereading what you are posting. We would all like to share in your contribution if it would only be readable. Spell check is also a big plus especially for myself. I can't spell so it is a must for me, try it out.

Yes, please use a spell check add-on in your web browser.

Spell check is your friend. It helps you to get your message through.

Yes. Also long posts are easier to read if broken up into shorter paragraphs.

Yes. Also long posts are easier to read if broken up into shorter paragraphs.

Yes! Heartily seconded.

It is wonderful that members take the time to write long posts. It takes an effort.

But posts in one or two long paragraphs are a strain on the eye to begin with. They are confusing to read. It is all to easy to loose track of what line is being read. Not to mention ideas and actions getting all mixed up in the mind.

It is true that in olden times, up to the Middle Ages, people wrote without paragraphs or even punctuation marks of any kind. Periods, commas, quotation marks etc, are all fairly recent inventions. It shows at times since even now, many people have trouble with punctuation.

So yes. Use shorter paragraphs when writing. many a successful author uses such a technique. Pages fill up quickly that way and purchasers think they are getting a nice thick book. It works in the publishing world. Why not let it work here?

Everyone please try rereading what you are posting.

I may type one thing and auto correct may feel it should be something else. Auto correct is not kinky is how I see it's corrections. So some mistakes are not seen until after I hit the "post" button. I do not always reread my post to check.

If a member sees a post that needs editing you can always let a moderator know with a link to the post. I personally do alot of punctuation, spaces or lack of spacing, capitalization, and spelling mistakes when editing.

Please apply the same to stories in the library. Esp. paragraphs.

If you’re going to do a long post you may wish to consider using some form of text editor - or even just Word - and pasting it in. Webby does a great job here but there are better text editors out there.

If you’re going to do a long post you way wish to consider using some form of text editor - or even just Word - and pasting it in. Webby does a great job here but there are better text editors out there.

I've used Word and auto-correct can bite you. Also, when you cut and paste it back into a post here, you get formatting notes along with it: Example (note that Word did flag the misspelling of "Peter Piper" 😄 )

Peter Pipper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.

The following paste used "Paste and Match Style". Thanks @paula

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.

Generally that only happens with blog pages and stories and if you use the ‘paste from clipboard’ feature of those menus it doesn’t do that. I have a much worse time with my phone’s spell check messing me up.

My brain simply does not work right - When I write something that I'm thinking, it does not always get written correctly. A form of dyslexia? When I worked as a professional writer my secretary would proof and catch my mistakes. But now, here on my own - oh the mistakes I make. I know, you're saying I should proof read what I write - yes, but I have to very slowly read word-by-word, and I'm too lazy to do that...

"It is true that in olden times, up to the Middle Ages, people wrote without paragraphs or even punctuation marks of any kind."

In "The Joys of Yiddish" Leo Rosten explains that in ancient Hebrew writings vowels were also omitted..."Jehovah" is a later transliteration of the written "YHWH"...the latter being my transliteration of the Hebrew letters.

In "The Joys of Yiddish" Leo Rosten explains that in ancient Hebrew writings vowels were also omitted..."Jehovah" is a later transliteration of the written "YHWH"...the latter being my transliteration of the Hebrew letters.

Many old languages omitted the use of vowels. This applies to Egyptian hieroglyphics as well as Aramaic. One can well image how the combination of no vowels and no punctuation can cause huge difficulties in translating old texts. In our age, in legal texts for instance, a different placement of just a single comma can change the meaning/interpretation of a legal text completely.

Imagine when it comes to religious texts. No end of problems and disputes. And that is putting it charitably.

Brings to mind "Eats, shoots, and leaves."

Or the difference between. Helping your Uncle Jack, off a horse. As apposed to. Helping your Uncle Jack off a horse. 😃

I personally use nothing but a so called smartphone. As it was posted by another person, just because you use a spell check fixer thing doesn't mean it always works. I'm a human being and make many mistakes. At least you know I'm not a robot. I'm sorry for the past and future mishaps. We also need to remember that many are from another country, so it could be a bit confusing.

The Spell Checker on my phone has a tendency to over correct (?) change/replace words or insert nonsense word(s) on text messages in the millisecond your finger hits the Send icon--but it does catch incorrect spelling. Aggravating sometimes.

I try to reread and go back and fix my mess ups, but I admit I probably miss many. Sorry.. I understand auto correct on my phone is a bit hit or miss. My brother goes by his initials, and every time I text him it always changes it to ejaculate! Sometimes I even change it.... sometimes 😁. I do have a warped sense of humor..

@Wolfgirl66 seems you are typing a lot the word ejaculate...lol...lucky guy u type with!!!!

Be safe my friend!!!!

😃

Za

Just wanted to ask if anyone actually likes that annoying autocorrect on cell phones? I have had a few tragic misuses of a lot of words from that feature.

Just wanted to ask if anyone actually likes that annoying autocorrect on cell phones?

It can be helpful on tricky words that I just can't figure out.

I believe autocorrect can be turned off.

I always do like one, two, or three times but it takes me five, six, and seven times to get it right.

I make lots of mistakes when I write. I do go back an re-read what I post, but they slip by. My brain just does not work right when I write; what I think is correct often comes out wrong. I find I have to read word-by-word to catch errors. But still miss things - please forgive.

THREE VERY GOOD GUIDELINES WHEN YOU MAKE A POST, regardless if they are for blogs, forum posts on dreams, fantasies, fictional and non-fictional stories, or accounts of real life events and experiences, are:

1--THINK about what you want to say and ORGANIZE it.

2--WRITE IT and check that it says what you want it to say

3--STAND BEHIND WHAT YOU WROTE--and I cannot emphasize that enough. Wear your big girl/big boy pants and be prepared for others to criticize or disagree with what you wrote.

This is a FORUM.

A forum is defined as a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

If you aren't prepared to receive a variety of comments approving or disapproving what you wrote, DON'T WRITE IT.

I fully agree with the strong-minded Switchable (post #23).

Even so, being now a writer, l must admit that in my student days l never sufficiently grasped the principle that good ideas are not enough. They must also be expressed unambiguously. This nearly always involves re-reading and correction.

- Ken

I am happy to read anything anyone posts. Sometimes it can get really quiet on here, so, all contributions are appreciated. I enjoy a ton of the things I read on here. Fun.

These are very good suggestions and merited constructive criticisms. I am one of the guilty ones of not being as careful as I should when submitting comments. I pledge to try and improve my writing, spelling, and sentence structure. I will continue to avoid offensive words. Denise

@Switchablesusie gives pretty damn good advice. Especially item #3 - Stand Behind What You Post….I see a lot of not-so-well thought out posts that people can't or wnon't defend.

These are very good suggestions and merited constructive criticisms. I am one of the guilty ones of not being as careful as I should when submitting comments.

Very well put @Denise.

@switchablesusie also wrote some great advice.

I am “guilty” on all charges. But I can not, and will not make any promises about better spelling, grammar etc.

Why? It's not that I intentionally want to be disrespectful to other members or this little corner of cyberspace- I have ADHD, and it is very hard for me to organize my thoughts, I easily wander off. And I'm not going to make myself be more coherent here than in real life, it just wouldn't be me. I function mostly by feeling/thinking/saying many random thoughts that are connected in my brain, but sometimes other people can't follow that, or the speed/ frequency I'm on. Hyperactivity is hard to handle. I try to be better, and I can, but not always.

Even my profile is.. Well, let's say “special” LOL

And I come here to relax. So I'm not going to let myself feel any pressure to be “better” - then being here would lose its point.

That also goes for my typing-

1. my keyboard bugs me sometimes

2. I type much faster that I really can, and without looking at either what I'm pressing on the keyboard, or what is shown on the screen.

Adding how my mind works, and meds that I take that can affect everything, especially motor skills.. It's not that I don't know how to put together a proper sentence or type/spell words correctly, it's mostly that in cyber communication I feel rather relaxed, so I do whatever. I often don't even put a big letter at the beginning of a sentence. It's not like I'm here to write a novel.

And I never heard any complaints on my talking/writing, just the opposite.

3. But I always stand by what I've said and have no problem with criticism - I'm more for the point and quality of exchanging thoughts, feeling, ideas, then punctuation marks etc.

So.. Sorry people, but that's that from me. If you don't mind my bad typing, disorganization etc in my posts.. Then great. If you do, just skip it.

*** I type badly in my native language too, maybe even worse than in English.

*** I type badly in my native language too, maybe even worse then in English.

Pretty damn good english for a second language. Never had a problem figuring out what you were saying; plus it's usually pretty hot!

And I get pretty hung up on punctuation, which does annoy some people. But I use commas and periods like stop signs and such. They tell me when a new, or semi-autonomous, thought starts.