Do you edit your posts for grammar before posting?

James81 · Mar 24, 2009

Poll forthcoming.

I never edit any of my posts for grammar and the like before posting. How many of you are the same way?

Any of you want to take a one month challenge to not post anything unless you edit it first?

Joe270 · Mar 24, 2009

I would if I knew anything about grammar. I'm lucky to get verbs and nouns straight.

Also, sentence fragments. My posts overflow with 'em. Call it 'style'.

robeiae · Mar 24, 2009

I'm too busy editing KTC's posts to edit my own.

Kathleen42 · Mar 24, 2009

Blog posts, yes. Message board posts and replies, no.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 24, 2009

I usually edit everything I write. It's all a reflection of who I are is a righter.

ETA; Anyway, it's sort of a disease with me. I also TEXT in full sentences that I ensure are grammatically correct.

regdog · Mar 24, 2009

Check grammar?!?! I'd be happy to spell correctly in my posts.

James81 · Mar 24, 2009

Shadow_Ferret said:
I usually edit everything I write. It's all a reflection of who I are is a righter.

ETA; Anyway, it's sort of a disease with me. I also TEXT in full sentences that I ensure are grammatically correct.

ur so sly

CaroGirl · Mar 24, 2009

I write my posts into Notepad and then copy them into the AW window. Makes it less suspicious at work that I'm not, you know, working. Notepad doesn't have a spell checker or grammar checker, but I read over every post before I put it up. And I hate re-reading my posts and finding a mistake. It makes me itch until I edit it. I just hope it doesn't get quoted before I have a chance to change it. Who'm I kidding? No one quotes me.

DL Hegel · Mar 24, 2009

no, what good would that do---I need someone else to do it for me.

James81 · Mar 24, 2009

CaroGirl said:
I write my posts into Notepad and then copy them into the AW window. Makes it less suspicious at work that I'm not, you know, working. Notepad doesn't have a spell checker or grammar checker, but I read over every post before I put it up. And I hate re-reading my posts and finding a mistake. It makes me itch until I edit it. I just hope it doesn't get quoted before I have a chance to change it. Who'm I kidding? No one quotes me.

QFT

CaroGirl · Mar 24, 2009

Oh, and James, you spelled editing wrong in your poll.

Joe270 · Mar 24, 2009

It's all a reflection of who I are is a righter.

What a coincidence, I could use some professional righting help right now.

James81 · Mar 24, 2009

CaroGirl said:
Oh, and James, you spelled editing wrong in your poll.

Ah, the curse of not editing before posting.

lol, ok, I can't lie. I really didn't know the right spelling of that word.

Yeshanu · Mar 24, 2009

CaroGirl said:
Who'm I kidding? No one quotes me.

Liar.

I always check over my posts, and if I miss a mistake, I go back and edit.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Mar 24, 2009

CaroGirl said:
I write my posts into Notepad and then copy them into the AW window. Makes it less suspicious at work that I'm not, you know, working. Notepad doesn't have a spell checker or grammar checker, but I read over every post before I put it up. And I hate re-reading my posts and finding a mistake. It makes me itch until I edit it. I just hope it doesn't get quoted before I have a chance to change it. Who'm I kidding? No one quotes me.

Oh, yeah?

And I height re-reading mi posts and finding any errers, to.

robeiae · Mar 24, 2009

James81 said:
Ah, the curse of not editing before posting.

lol, ok, I can't lie. I really didn't know the right spelling of that word.

Now see, I thought that was you being clever: misspelling a word in "I don't edit" choice to reflect that such people don't edit...

CaroGirl · Mar 24, 2009

robeiae said:
Now see, I thought that was you being clever: misspelling a word in "I don't edit" choice to reflect that such people don't edit...

Does the fact it was unintentional make it less ironic? Or more?

robeiae · Mar 24, 2009

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
Oh, yeah?

And I to height re-reading mi posts and finding any errers.

Edited that for you.

James81 · Mar 24, 2009

robeiae said:
Now see, I thought that was you being clever: misspelling a word in "I don't edit" choice to reflect that such people don't edit...

Oh come on. You and I both know I'm not that clever.

aadams73 · Mar 24, 2009

CaroGirl said:
I write my posts into Notepad and then copy them into the AW window. Makes it less suspicious at work that I'm not, you know, working. Notepad doesn't have a spell checker or grammar checker, but I read over every post before I put it up. And I hate re-reading my posts and finding a mistake. It makes me itch until I edit it. I just hope it doesn't get quoted before I have a chance to change it. Who'm I kidding? No one quotes me.

What Caro said, minus the bit about Notepad. I HATE finding mistakes. I even edit my instant messages.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 24, 2009

Yeshanu said:
Liar.

I always check over my posts, and if I miss a mistake, I go back and edit.

I've been known to go back several times as each new error presents itself.

Just because I said I edit doesn't mean I'm all the good a proofer to begin with.

sadron · Mar 24, 2009

Nope, I'm too lazy, but I check typos and Water is wet.

Unique · Mar 24, 2009

If I have bad grammar or punctuation, it's usually on purpose.

Rarri · Mar 24, 2009

I just aim to be coherent...

TheIT · Mar 24, 2009

I write posts the way I normally write. I always try to reread what I've written to make sure I'm saying what I intend to say. It's too easy to be misinterpreted, so I try to make sure my words are correct.

Do you edit your posts for grammar before posting?

Do you edit your posts before you hit submit?

Of course I do

No way. I do enough editting in my writing to worry about my posts.

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