tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30859414.post115462646336339133..comments2008-03-16T09:32:31.381-05:00Comments on EdTechapalooza: Wanted: blog proofreadersjepckehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792747961242964984noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30859414.post-1155773414293859332006-08-16T19:10:00.000-05:002006-08-16T19:10:00.000-05:00I see your point, Bud, and can go along with your ...I see your point, Bud, and can go along with your desire to make a connection to the post rather than correct it for errors. However, the errors I have seen interfere with the meaning. When I have to reread a sentence more than twice to discern the meaning -- you've lost me.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we all make typos and I don't want bloggers to be overly self-conscious. I'm just suggesting a reread before publishing might catch some of these errors.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps deep down I worry about the dissolution of the English (American English) language with the casualness of email, text messaging, IMing, etc. I have an administrator who sends emails without capitalization and only punctuates if he is writing more than one sentence. To me, this is not very professional.<BR/><BR/>**I corrected the mistake you mention. It doesn't seem correct to me, but I am not a grammarian and will defer to your knowledge. Thanks for taking the time to write.jepckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792747961242964984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30859414.post-1155768319717389672006-08-16T17:45:00.000-05:002006-08-16T17:45:00.000-05:00I hate to be a pain, but I noticed that you've sti...I hate to be a pain, but I noticed that you've still got a typo -- that last comma in the post, technically, if you're an American and subscribe to American English comma rules, should be inside the quotation marks.<BR/><BR/> But I'm going to let you off the hook. There's certainly a time and place to be professional and proper -- but it's also likely that we're all going to make a few mistakes. I'm okay with that -- I'd rather read a blog post that I connect with that contains a few misspellings or misplaced commas than to not read the post at all because the author was scared to publish due to spelling or grammar issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30859414.post-1155074251356019002006-08-08T16:57:00.000-05:002006-08-08T16:57:00.000-05:00Ok, I agree with you. I should spell things corre...Ok, I agree with you. I should spell things correctly. I fully acknowledge this.<BR/><BR/>However, much as I use a different voice and tone for different types of writing, I apply different rules to my blog posts than I do for other types of publications. When I blog, I'm trying to share my thoughts and ideas with my readers. It's casual, it's off the cuff, it's rarely if ever proofread. <BR/><BR/>I think of my blog posts as a conversation. I may mispronounce a word or throw grammer to the wind, but I'm willing to sacrifice those in an effort to focus my efforts on the content. <BR/><BR/>I would like to think that if somebody takes the time to let me know that something is mispelled, that I would correct it though. However, I don't have a spell check on my blog engine right now, and it's just not a high priority of mine. <BR/><BR/>I know it's sloppy, and we can do better, but I believe that there's a time and a place for everything, even mispellings :)Teach42https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465609805314695592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30859414.post-1155060392870564612006-08-08T13:06:00.000-05:002006-08-08T13:06:00.000-05:00SEE! Right there! I should have written: "...typ...SEE! Right there! I should have written: "...typing out everything...' instead of "...typing everything out..."<BR/><BR/>(I really just wanted to drop a note saying "Thanks for commenting on my post," as well as to welcome you to this teaching blogalopolis. Looking forward to reading about your year.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30859414.post-1155060060205095972006-08-08T13:01:00.000-05:002006-08-08T13:01:00.000-05:00As an English teacher, I agree: we need more proof...As an English teacher, I agree: we need more proofreading before we post. <BR/><BR/>As a blog writer, though, I'm prone to mistakes. Most of my own grammar and spelling mistakes come from hurriedly typing everything out before I forget it.<BR/><BR/>I often fix mistakes on the fly -- when I <I>know</I> I've made a mistake, I go back to correct it. Every once in a while I read back through a post and clear up any grammar errors which might complicate a sentence or paragraph. Beyond that, it is what it is.<BR/><BR/>The real truth: I'm lazy. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com