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On this blog, my second most paralyzing fear is grammar and spelling errors. Most people don’t care, but I tend to be more critical towards myself. I read my old posts and cringe in disgust.
Luckily, this is just a blog. Its very nature is quick and dirty1. This is why Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are so popular. I can’t spend too much time editorializing and agonizing over every word or sentence. No time to think (too much). Like Nike used to say: Just Do It!
Here’s a comic from Chuck & Beans that sums it up quite well:
Update: Sam Shah has some really good advice on how to blog. He writes from experience, and very practical.
- Dirty being the synonym for “error prone”. [↩]
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Hi Rudy,
Great comic strip! Some people say that grammar and typos don’t matter in emails or even blog posts, but I disagree. If one is going to take the write something, then do it right!
It’s ok to make a mistake now and then…
butt itz not OK too rite lik an idiot! 🙂
Just my opinion of course… and I’m glad that spell-check exists!
Steve
Hey Steve,
If the topic is serious, the spelling/grammar has to be somewhat “perfect”. At least not stupid ones like “their” and “they’re”.
Other than that, I’m just too lazy to pass it through a spell checker. 😉