tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post8624022385377622099..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: ONE-UPMANSHIP -- QUESTION -- GRAMMAR GLITCHJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-82638399791716831292022-08-13T12:17:55.082-07:002022-08-13T12:17:55.082-07:00Glad your comment finally came through. Glad your comment finally came through. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-45486666749505324282022-08-13T06:26:03.600-07:002022-08-13T06:26:03.600-07:00My comment disappeared but I'll keep trying. M...My comment disappeared but I'll keep trying. My grammar and spelling are good though there sometimes are typos. Gigi hawaiiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-27922685904480424832022-08-12T19:09:52.945-07:002022-08-12T19:09:52.945-07:00I'm laughing really hard! Yes, it counts! I ju...I'm laughing really hard! Yes, it counts! I just checked the sentence above where I did that which is ironic in itself, so I underlined it. I have been aware I sometimes hit the quote accidentally instead of the apostrophe. Has sometimes been hard for me to spot when I read through. Looks like I make more mistakes than I thought I did.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-30360704065286974142022-08-12T15:20:12.008-07:002022-08-12T15:20:12.008-07:00Does two apostrophes in isn’’t count?
Does two apostrophes in isn’’t count?<br /><br />Peter Tibbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344898860277698320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-91439033094080626762022-08-12T10:53:49.167-07:002022-08-12T10:53:49.167-07:00Thanks, Ginnie. I always enjoy reading what you w...Thanks, Ginnie. I always enjoy reading what you write and the stories of your life experiences. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-74851605082411386942022-08-12T07:25:40.333-07:002022-08-12T07:25:40.333-07:00I can understand how you feel. Writing has been m...I can understand how you feel. Writing has been my bread and butter for many years and it really bothers me if I find an error but I have to tell myself (and you) that I am not without errors and it makes me human.You should be very proud of all you write and I know it always comes with lots of fact searching before you click on "send".Goldendaze-Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823572794470671309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-58920346190795922932022-08-10T10:49:04.324-07:002022-08-10T10:49:04.324-07:00That seems to be what happens to many of us.That seems to be what happens to many of us.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-66217611172155176952022-08-10T09:25:34.386-07:002022-08-10T09:25:34.386-07:00I always find those mistakes after I publish, even...I always find those mistakes after I publish, even when I have read something over more than once. There and their can be hard for the checker to find also as it is what was meant.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-21976378621641044062022-08-09T11:21:48.741-07:002022-08-09T11:21:48.741-07:00Those words can be confusing. The errors I fret ab...Those words can be confusing. The errors I fret about making aren't because I don't know the difference in meaning but seem to occur despite that , but in the process of typing them during rapid composition.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-8581995959680572802022-08-09T00:48:29.574-07:002022-08-09T00:48:29.574-07:00My English is pretty good and I don't think I ...My English is pretty good and I don't think I make any major errors when I'm writing, but maybe they just haven't been pointed out to me? The error I notice a lot is confusing lay and lie. You don't lay on a bed, you lie on it. The only thing you could lay on a bed is an egg! Then there's the confusion of your and you're. I could go on!nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-14726504475530089622022-08-08T22:19:12.245-07:002022-08-08T22:19:12.245-07:00I like that "brain derailment" descripti...I like that "brain derailment" description of what happens. Thanks for adding your name due to Anon. <br /><br />Blogger is surely being discouraged with all the difficulty as you experience plus those commenting here having to do so as Anon. cease to have a link to their blog.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-3908100338969355822022-08-08T20:41:48.572-07:002022-08-08T20:41:48.572-07:00Dear Joared, that last comment was from Dee Ready....Dear Joared, that last comment was from Dee Ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-43449382494685773282022-08-08T20:41:14.306-07:002022-08-08T20:41:14.306-07:00Dear Joared, I suspect that many reasons exist for...Dear Joared, I suspect that many reasons exist for our having to say, "I know better than this!" Sometimes it's the rush of getting a blog, family letter, or e-mail completed before having to take a shower and leave for a doctor's appointment. Sometimes, perhaps, pure brain tiredness or even physical weariness. Sometimes, vision can impair our reading of the words we've Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-46828594918090796662022-08-08T16:38:30.441-07:002022-08-08T16:38:30.441-07:00Ah, your genealogy effort likely far outweighed an...Ah, your genealogy effort likely far outweighed any error to your mother, but I can imagine how you felt when you found the glitch. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-38978404660226229412022-08-08T11:59:06.368-07:002022-08-08T11:59:06.368-07:00We all do it, and at least we KNOW we do it. If n...We all do it, and at least we KNOW we do it. If not this mistake, then another. Years ago, before the days of blogging (for most of us at least), I put together a genealogy as a gift to my mom. I wrote a letter that went along with it. A few years ago I pulled it out and read the letter, and found just such an error! Imagine my horror, sending such a thing to my mother! I'm sure she Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-48152599877334888482022-08-08T08:25:44.727-07:002022-08-08T08:25:44.727-07:00Oh, we shouldn't put you through that! Anothe...Oh, we shouldn't put you through that! Another motivation for taking more care.<br /><br />I'm mostly able to overlook speech, voice issues in others, except I do sometimes become annoyed with those professionals reporting the radio or TV news making gross pronunciation or other delivery errors.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-27038739237493675322022-08-08T07:39:20.961-07:002022-08-08T07:39:20.961-07:00Maybe we do this more than we realize. Maybe we do this more than we realize. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-34447254110215370802022-08-08T07:38:24.606-07:002022-08-08T07:38:24.606-07:00Ah, I'm not alone! Since I'm thinking m...Ah, I'm not alone! Since I'm thinking more about these homophones, last night I caught myself writing one for won. I was never aware of doing that before.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-37094514022127885502022-08-08T07:18:25.941-07:002022-08-08T07:18:25.941-07:00Ella is a classic.
After decades of teaching Engl...Ella is a classic.<br /><br />After decades of teaching English and Creative Writing I and II, and years of freelance editing and writing, I cannot, sadly, just read anything anymore. It's horrid. I'm constantly editing and proofing; it even happens when I read for pleasure, so much so that I rarely do the latter anymore.<br /><br />But that is *my* baggage. I certainly don't bring Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-54117109565501161352022-08-08T06:52:47.345-07:002022-08-08T06:52:47.345-07:00I thought that I made more mistakes inputting a ho...I thought that I made more mistakes <i>inputting</i> a homonym for the word that I meant - until - I went through some old letters that I had <i>handwritten</i> to my husband in the 1950s and 1960s. I made atrocious spelling and homonym errors in those letters!WD-40noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-71607097171969776892022-08-08T06:15:06.416-07:002022-08-08T06:15:06.416-07:00Yes! I find myself confusing the spelling of that ...Yes! I find myself confusing the spelling of that same word (their/there/they're) even though, as you say, I know better. And even after all these years I have to stop and think if it's "it's or its".Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-50934998449115536552022-08-07T13:11:25.533-07:002022-08-07T13:11:25.533-07:00! Forgot to say "Good question" and that...! Forgot to say "Good question" and that I loved hearing Ella Fitzgerald sing Accentuate The Positive."amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-86081810623565427772022-08-07T11:54:27.677-07:002022-08-07T11:54:27.677-07:00"Babyless" for "Bayless" -- I ..."Babyless" for "Bayless" -- I can appreciate doing that. Glad you're relaxing more in your writing. Medical transcription would require considerable care. Your mother was very exacting. Glad you found the book the Dr. relative wrote about the family. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-85946966031470103182022-08-07T11:44:44.970-07:002022-08-07T11:44:44.970-07:00"Brain fart" is, indeed, what must occur..."Brain fart" is, indeed, what must occur for me sometimes.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-56711012041030327442022-08-07T11:43:41.454-07:002022-08-07T11:43:41.454-07:00Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt.Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.com