Buffy ,'Chosen'
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Not dumbass at all.
As for editing. I try to read what I have written out loud. It makes such a difference in picking up errors. I try to encourage my kids to do this too. They hate it, but at least so far K-Bug has realized that it is a good way to self-proof.
Yep, reading out loud is one of the most important proofreading techniques that I teach my students. Seems to help a lot.
Suzi, my favorite high school English teacher taught us to read our papers outloud while editing. It's a great trick.
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PC The other thing might be the person writing that thought they needed to be more "formal" in their writing so used awkward phrasing because it seemed better. It's weird but I know that some people feel that writing has to be "proper" and that ends up with weird stilted language.
That makes my brain hurt, megan. It hurts enough without added backwardsness.
When either kid hands me one of their papers to show me their work, I will start reading it out loud until I hit the first error. About then it gets ripped out of my hands and I can hear them reading it to his or herself before I see it again. It can get humorous sometimes.
I also love how candid kids can be (note sarcasm font here). One of CJ's assignments was to write about what he would do if he won a million dollars. "I would pay off my parents bills cause they are a bit behind." Gee, thanks for sharing hon.
"I would pay off my parents bills cause they are a bit behind." Gee, thanks for sharing hon.
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Um, I gotta go... over... there. now.
It's weird but I know that some people feel that writing has to be "proper" and that ends up with weird stilted language.
I was that way in school. I thought I had to be Formal and didn't realize I'd crossed the line to Stuffy.
That makes my brain hurt, megan.
Actually the trick is to read each sentence whole (forwards), but starting at the end of a paper. It pulls each sentence out of context, thus making it easier to spot a variety of problems. But, you can also read each word in a sentence backwards to check specifically for spelling errors.
We were asked last night (during the "getting-to-know-you" activity, which included thumb wrestling) what we would do if we got a million dollars. Neither I nor my partner could come up with a pithy answer, other than "not be here."
I abstained from the thumb wrestling, I have to say.