[stylist] Pet PVS

Thu Mar 22 22:38:16 UTC 2012

Donna, Lynda, Bridget and all,
I am in this same boat. Since I try to remember to use the spell checker
with every message, I am terribly upset with myself when I forget and later
become aware of missing words, and other errors.
It annoys me when others can see red and green lines under words and
punctuation and can read exactly  what is wrong as when you should use
"that" instead of "which" and when a comma is necessary  with one and not
the other. Why does not JAWS read that information to me?
I edited my mother's poetry book, "Hardly Anybody Lives Forever," and also
had five other people do so. When it was published it had fifteen errors
most of which got by the spell checker and all other eyes.
It appears that the eye sees what it wants to see so the brain sees the
correct word.
If any of you have a good source for brushing up on punctuation on the
internet, please let me know. I have resource books but can no longer read
them and my scanner makes many mistakes.
Jackie
-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Donna Hill
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:31 PM
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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>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS

>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 ?
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> Lynda Lambert
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> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
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