Wish folks would reread their posts and submissions.

One of the most annoying things with typing on the internet is the autocorrect. No matter how well one does and wishes to do, there are times when technology takes over and defeats one's best meant intentions. I am supposing this is even more difficult on those annoying things called smartphones with their miniscule screens and even smaller keyboards. One should ideally need a toothpick to type on those things.

And even when reading and rereading something you've just written, there are mistakes you will not catch, not even with the best intentions. I spent some 5 years working at a job where proof-reading was an important aspect. I'd read and reread and reread a text and, convinced it was faultless, bring it to my supervisor who'd often enough take a look and spot mistakes. That is why the rule was to always have someone else proofread as well.

So, don't obsess or worry too much about spelling or the grammar mistakes that arise from misspellings due to autocorrect or whatever …

Yew our write! Every won should check they're posts and right in there most best English sew people can reed what they right. And correct gramma two!

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

@gwhap thanx babe 😃 I think I'm much better explaining things verbally, my brain is thinking in English, so now when I start speaking Serbian it's so funny because half of it is in English LOL

@agracier yeah, I hear:" damn autocorrect" at least 10 times a day from people who type from their phones etc. But on the other hand it helps a lot with making the right suggestions and properly spelled words. Mostly don't use it, I type from my laptop in general, and as I previously stated I make a lot of mistakes during it (I explained why, my ADHD, clumsily organized thoughts etc.). I also explained why I'm not going to make any effort to try and fix it.

I fully understand how grammar and typing/spelling mistakes can irritate some people, but Jesus, I come here to relax. and if that's the way I type in whole cyber space (utterly carelessly), I refuse to feel pressured to proofread my random thoughts here , and feel judgement of "Nazi -grammar" people on Zit:, or anywhere for that matter.

***and again- not because English is not my native language, I type negligently in Serbian too.

@kittrie I'm dyslexic. Type with two fingers. Have to look at the keyboard. Never know what comes out. Role play with me is truly punishment 😉🌹

@eeetime oh man.. So you're having more “ fun” then I do while typing 😬

Thank you for sharing private info; it's funny, but now I feel “closer” to you 💕💕 ( we're both “ outsiders” in a way LOL )

@kittrie our secret - while the masses may have been gifted with fingers that fly across the keyboard and have conquered the demon, spelling! We the challenged were given other gifts, creativity, vast intelligence, and the ability to see beyond the page. So arm in arm we will fight the good fight. While we may live in our own Bell Jar, we know they wish they could share what we have, envy. So much to live for. Care to two finger chat?

I consider myself a “gifted” speller because I am able to spell any word of more than two letters, at least three ways. For those that can remember standard spelling using only their brain, I commend you for your somewhat limited creativity. For the rest of us, I hope you will use spell check so that your readers will understand what you intended to say.

I consider myself a “gifted” speller because I am able to spell any word of more than two letters, at least three ways. For those that can remember standard spelling using only their brain, I commend you for your somewhat limited creativity.

One of these days your unlimited creativity in spelling will get you misunderstood with perhaps serious consequences.

There is a reason why spelling is fixed and not up for creative use.

It would be fun if someone were to open an "Autocorrect Failure: thread where members could post funny - and hopefully sexual - autocorrects from the internet; and better yet -autocorrects of some of their own stuff!!

While we may live in our own Bell Jar

@eeetime OMG !! Did you just throw Sylvia Plath on me ?? (rhetorical question)

Well, while some others proofread their post, we'll use that time to cultivate and enlighten ourselves.

You know that it's her first and only novel, and she killed herself just before it was published? Poor thing, only 30 years old with her head in the oven. I ADORE her.

@kittrie said

I fully understand how grammar and typing/spelling mistakes can irritate some people, but Jesus, I come here to relax. and if that's the way I type in whole cyber space (utterly carelessly), I refuse to feel pressured to proofread my random thoughts here , and feel judgement of "Nazi -grammar" people on Zit:, or anywhere for that matter.

Sure, this place isn't an English class. But come on now, it doesn't cost anything to simply re-read what you've typed, make sure it is a logical statement, and doesn't contain any obvious errors.

It would be fun if someone were to open an "Autocorrect Failure: thread where members could post funny autocrats from the internet

Did autocorrect change “autocorrect” to “autocrats?”

That's kinda funny, if stupid autocorrect doesn't even like its own name sometimes lol.

But come on now, it doesn't cost anything to simply re-read what you've typed, make sure it is a logical statement, and doesn't contain any obvious errors.

I often cringe when I reread some of the things I end up writing a first time. If I never reread my posts I would have posted so much nonsense and unintelligible things as to make me look like an idiot.

One of the internet typing classics, which friends of mine confess to as well, is inadvertently in haste leaving out a ‘not’ in a sentence, thereby turning the meaning of what was meant completely on its head. This, for instance, is certainly something to take time for.

So yes, do take a short amount of time to reread a post before committing. You might very well save yourself some otherwise well-earned embarrassment.

"Nazi -grammar" people on Zit:, or anywhere

I rest my case with the above example … ha ha

One of the internet typing classics, which friends of mine confess to as well, is inadvertently in haste leaving out a ‘not’ in a sentence, thereby turning the meaning of what was meant completely on its head. This, for instance, is certainly something to take time for.

Yes, accidentally missing out the word “not” and therefore unintentionally inverting the meaning can sometimes be catastrophic. On its own it's a good enough reason to proofread.

@kittrie the loss of Sylvia Plath was a lost to literature and life. I only wonder if she lived now could she have been saved. My first love/kiss was treated with electroshock - the treatment was worse then the ailment. My second wife, a writer had dreams of the River Ooze and would go all Woolf on me.

Proofread - who makes the decision if what some may see as bad grammar might be an artful turn of a phrase. The mind has a way to fill in/correct as it reads. In school I could of written Shakespeare but it was never was read, just corrected grammar, and spelling. My life was a sea of red ink. Yet in life, my pursuits, i finished first in my class…

I rest my case with the above example … ha ha

@agracier it's one thing to make a typing or similar mistake (in this case a person with ADHD that's not even typing in her native language ) , but to disrespect someone by mocking and ridiculing them can be taken as a (lack of) character thing. Just sayin'.

Not resting my case like you do because I have none- I'm not here to argue.

Since you clearly are, I can only say: " Well done, BRAVO !! ”, and take a bow.

it doesn't cost anything to simply re-read what you've typed, make sure it is a logical statement, and doesn't contain any obvious errors.

@DrZ For me, it does. Truly. It takes effort, skills and strength that I don't have. (I'm not going to repeat myself talking about my mental problems, my meds influencing my typing etc. for the 10th time.).

You can all quote me as much as you like, I'm fine with that. But don't “mention” me anymore, please.

It would be nice of you to actually really read what and WHY I'm saying before taking it out of context of my whole post. Basic human decency and respect.

@eeetime I think that she lived and died like she was supposed to. Sorry about your wife, you seem to be surrounded with artists all the time. Precious 😃

About proofreading etc… well, I think I'm done discussing it, since my (dis)ability in that department became a thing of decry (by a moderator nonetheless).