Suzi, my favorite high school English teacher taught us to read our papers outloud while editing. It's a great trick.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
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sj - Sep 13, 2007 10:35:15 am PDT #5472 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
megan walker - Sep 13, 2007 10:36:53 am PDT #5473 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
.useful be also can backwards Reading
askye - Sep 13, 2007 10:42:06 am PDT #5474 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
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.
SuziQ - Sep 13, 2007 10:44:40 am PDT #5475 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
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.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 13, 2007 10:45:33 am PDT #5476 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
"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.
Fred Pete - Sep 13, 2007 10:52:02 am PDT #5477 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
megan walker - Sep 13, 2007 10:54:48 am PDT #5478 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Emily - Sep 13, 2007 11:00:36 am PDT #5479 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
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.
Connie Neil - Sep 13, 2007 11:11:04 am PDT #5480 of 10001
brillig
JZ - Sep 13, 2007 11:11:56 am PDT #5481 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.