I understand typos. I don’t like them, but I’m guilty of committing them, so I get them.
But, as I see it, there are two types: (1) the typo that looks like a typo (e.g., teh blatant missed keustroke), and (2) the typo that makes the writer look like an idiot. Last Friday, I was guilty of the latter. But I’m not an idiot (not for this reason, anyway), I just didn’t catch it until this morning.
I wrote:
The correction in the original has been made, but it sat there all weekend. So, to you grammarians out there, I apologize. I have already kicked myself in the teeth repeatedly.
In the future, feel free to catch my mistakes for me and drop me a line correcting me. Thanks.
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#1 by T.C. R on November 23, 2009 - 3:04 pm
Don’t you just love ‘em?
#2 by Peter on November 23, 2009 - 4:49 pm
Yup!
#3 by Scripture Zealot on November 23, 2009 - 5:24 pm
That’s very minor and forgivable but I know what you mean.
There are many people who (whom?) I correct but then they keep on spelling wrong. Loose for lose, there-they’re-their, rediculous, definately etc. Drives me nuts. But we all have our weaknesses and I sure have some big ones.
I also want to be corrected because I want to be correct.
Jeff
#4 by Bitsy Griffin on November 23, 2009 - 6:12 pm
I read that and thought typo – not idiot!
I hate it when I find them in my writing . . .
#5 by Scripture Zealot on November 23, 2009 - 10:49 pm
I still have to do a “grammar” meme but the people who did it before me think spelling is synonymous with grammar or a subset of it. The latter isn’t true is it? I’m going to get them for it to make myself feel superior.
Jeff
#6 by Peter on November 24, 2009 - 9:39 am
Jeff, you go, my friend. On the war path.
Bitsy, thanks…next time, shoot me an email letting me know
#7 by Gary Zimmerli on November 24, 2009 - 11:26 am
I have noticed a problem in my own writing – double letters! I don’t know why they happen. Maybe my fingers bounce on a key or something, but I will often see a “ii” within a word, or a “Ww” at the beginning. Fortunately my spellcheck catches it; but I’m so used to seeing it that my own internal mental spellcheck sometimes doesn’t see that squiggly red line under the word.
Besides that, I have fat fingers that often catch two keys at once. I thank the Lord for spellcheck.
#8 by Bitsy Griffin on November 24, 2009 - 4:57 pm
Sorry Peter, I should have let you know. Obviously not thinking here because I would want folks to let me know!
#9 by Peter on November 24, 2009 - 5:06 pm
Gary, I relied heavily on spell check in college, but I would still get knocked for grammatical stuff I would have caught if had really proofed my stuff. I agree, I’m grateful for it, but it’s a little overrated.
Bitsy, I forgive you.