[stylist] Pet PVS

Thu Mar 22 21:36:00 UTC 2012

Yes, even though I send out the draft to several people there is often 
something that was missed by all. I found ONE little typo just last week, in 
a book that was published 10 years ago. The editor missed it and the several 
readers missed. And, after it was published I did many public readings from 
the book (I could see then) and never saw that little thing at all till last 
week. I think you are right, it will never be perfect no matter how we try. 
Many of my pieces are in German or Italian, along with English. I think it 
is only the English that has typos occasionally. This is probbly because I 
am not so careful in English and take it for granted.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS

>I think -- perhaps because I'm not a teacher or editor -- it's less of an
> issue for me personally, but I am somewhat upset and saddened by receiving
> e-mails and writing samples that obviously weren't even glanced at after
> they were typed. It's so back to the caves. Ultimately, though, it's my 
> own
> stupid mistakes that get my attention. I can't believe it when I end up
> using the wrong form of "there" or something similar, where there's no way 
> I
> don't know exactly what it should be, but my hands just seem to fly around
> of their own accord, and out comes the wrong thing. I guess more than 
> being
> a pet peeve; it's a marvel to me.
>
> One example that comes to mind is from my novel. I used "who's" instead of
> "whose" in a very early chapter. Since Spell Check didn't catch it and I
> couldn't hear the difference and didn't think to double-check, it went
> unnoticed through countless revisions. My husband, who is sighted, missed 
> it
> both times he read the manuscript. Also, my dear friend Bonnie, who found
> about a dozen similar errors, missed it her first time through, but 
> finally
> caught it. There's no end to the carefulness and diligence that it takes 
> to
> get something right. In fact, I'm guessing that, in something as long as a
> novel, no one ever does get it perfectly correct -- not that that's any
> excuse for not trying.
> Donna
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
>
> I had not thought of that, but now that you mention it, I can say it 
> bothers
>
> me, too. I find things like this after I have written something and
> typically it is something I wrote quite awhile ago. Then, upon reading it
> over again, I have a fresh view of it and it pops out to hit me in the 
> face.
>
> When I used to teach English Comp. at Geneva College, the big thing that
> drove me beserk was when students did not put the period in the correct
> place, when using a quotation mark. I guess that is my biggest pet peeve 
> now
>
> that I remember those times.
>
> I probably have others, but cannot think of them at the moment.
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andi" <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
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>
>>I do have pet peeves about writing...  I do not like it when people repeat
>> words when they could have used another, for example "I want to go home,
>> but
>> theirs nobody home."  That sentence bugs me and I don't know why but I 
>> can
>> think of at least four ways to rework it.  This especially bugs me when I
>> myself do it and can not think of another word to use that makes since.
>> When the thesaurus is also not help I want to get rid of the sentence but
>> can not because the sentence is needed.  I feel like the hole peace is a
>> failure.  I don't know why it bugs me so much it is not grammatically
>> wrong
>> but I feel like it throes the hole thing off.
>>
>> Andi
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:57 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
>>
>> I was wondering about pet peeves recently.
>> Some folks dislike the toothpaste tube being squeezed in a certain way;
>> some
>> dislike the toilet paper put on the roll one way; and then, towels that
>> are
>> not folded correctly...and more.
>>
>> Do you have any  pet peeves about writing ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Lynda Lambert
>>
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