[stylist] Pet PVS

Fri Mar 23 01:43:00 UTC 2012

I did a report on Minnesota once, and the spell-checker found an 
error in my bibliography.
I wrote that the person who wrote the article's name was 
"Johnson, John jr." But the correct way to say the author's name 
was "Johnson, Jr, John."

 Spell-checker's picky like that.
Vejas
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From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net
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Date sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:58:40 -0400
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Jackie,
Just one little thought.  There are settings in Word's Spell 
check, and I
don't remember changing anything, but Spell check does tell me 
about "that"
and "which" and always wants me to double-check "it's" and "its.  
I don't
always agree, however.  One thing with punctuation that I've 
noticed is that
Jaws doesn't read exactly what Spell Check is pointing out 
sometimes.
Normally, when it questions a period, it's because there's also a 
comma
there.  So, when I hear a punctuation notice, I tend to read the 
selection
letter by letter.  It's often as simple as finding a period or 
comma and then
backing up one character.  Not fool-proof, but it's helpful.
Donna

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[mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jacqueline Williams
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS

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
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[mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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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

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[mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:27 PM
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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
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From: "Andi" <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:12 PM
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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
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 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

 My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
 My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com

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