Comments on: Do you want people to correct your mistakes?

By: Global Investigation

Global Investigation — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:15:49 +0000

Hi Kristarella,
I think no one can be a good writer with our Grammatical mistakes.
Often mistakes will happen and we should skip it by saying them to correct it… :)

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:23 +0000

That’s one of the reasons I leave comments open on all my blog posts. When someone comments on an old one, I quickly scan the article to see if I can make any slight improvements. More often than not I can. :)

By: kristarella

kristarella — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:33:51 +0000

That’s strange, I’m sure I replied to Jeff and HK with something more than “thanks for your comments”, but thanks anyway :sheepish:

The written word lasts so much longer than that which is spoken

David, true and kind of scary! I have been rereading a small blog (journal for a uni course) I wrote four years ago. My grammar and ability to express ideas is frightful. I’m sure I just rambled and didn’t reread before publishing. I guess it’s a testament to how blogging can improve your writing. I’m torn as to whether I should go back over the posts on this blog and fix them up or not.

Greg, I’ve never actually heard of EDT. That’s a great distinction though! As if timezones aren’t confusing enough! In Australia, NSW goes on Daylight Saving Time, but Queensland doesn’t… fun and games!

By: Greg Clinton

Greg Clinton — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:37:56 +0000

I’ve made it my mission to correct anyone who says EST (Eastern Standard Time) when they mean EDT. It’s SUMMER for goodness’ sake!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:58:16 +0000

I know how easy it can be to miss glaring errors, particular when, like me, you’ll edit a blog post 10 times or more before actually pressing ‘publish’, only to edit it another once or twice.

If I’ve made a mistake, I’m very appreciative when someone says so. The written word lasts so much longer than that which is spoken, and just because your regular readers have already seen the mistake, who knows how many new readers will visit?

By: H.K.

H.K. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:25:33 +0000

My answer is yes. My friends have constantly asked me to proofread their papers throughout the school year. I’d appreciate if someone pointed out my mistakes so I wouldn’t make the same ones again.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:04:13 +0000

My answer is “yes and no”. Wrong spelling and some grammar mistakes like “I seen the dog yesterday,” – yes. Those mistakes are embarrassing. Some things are incorrect on purpose, perhaps, as a point of vernacular. Those, not so much (note: no verb in this sentence :P ).

Just yesterday, I misspelled the title to my blog post and caught it myself after a number of people stopped by. Embarrassed! However, if you do correct me, send me an email so’s (vernacular) not to call too much attention to it. lol

By: Marco Ruelicke.net

Marco Ruelicke.net — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:09:18 +0000

I know that my grammar isn’t the best from time to time, although I heard many people saying that I’m pretty good in English especially as it is a foreign language for me.

Well, I’d appreciate a note about any mistakes I have in my posts. If you are nice to me while explaining the mistake, I have no problem if you write it in a comment. If you try to be mean, you better use an email for this as I’ll delete the comment for sure.

By: David

David — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:18:03 +0000

No, twas not you Kris! Fear not!

By: kristarella

kristarella — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:20:12 +0000

Hey nick, for the case that I mentioned to AY, I think I might send an email. Generally if the comments are either on the topic of the post or about the post itself I don’t mind either way, but that’s definitely a fair opinion. I’ll keep it in mind when commenting on your blog. ;) Yours is way more images than text, which is cool, less words to worry about. :P