Re: the joy of spotting errors and spelling them out in public

Posted by School Marm on April 06, 2002 at 09:31:51:

In Reply to: Re: the joy of spotting errors and spelling them out in public posted by Bartholomew on April 06, 2002 at 08:39:07:

: First, I like to have everything correct. It bugs me when things aren't spelled right or factual; I think, "Hey, that's not right!" I want to fix 'em. I am just as self-critical as I am other-critical (although I rarely make spelling errors, for that reason).

***You mean you don't like it when things aren't spelled "correctly." Remember to use adverbs properly, Bartholomew.

: Then, it gives my ego a boost to know that I caught an error that the other person doesn't. I get to roll in how smart I am.

***You caught an error that the other person "didn't." Please strive for agreement of tense, Bartholomew.

*** Also, do you really think that what your ego needs is a "boost?"

: Then once I've found it, I point the error out to the person for a few reasons. I'd like credit for spotting the error (like I've "won" and I want the point to go in the books), I'd consider it sneaky and falsely positive, almost a lie, NOT to point it out to them, and it gives them an incentive to proofread more thoroughly in the future.

Do *you* have sufficient incentive now?

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: Of course, if I dislike the person, then I might use their errors as a tool to put them down, emphasizing more that they screwed up than that I found the results of the screw-up. But that's infrequent, because I don't really dislike very many people.

Follow Ups:

• Re: the joy of spotting errors and spelling them out in public Bartholomew 09:57:49 04/06/02 (2)
  • Re: the joy of spotting errors and spelling them out in public Mikko 11:06:41 04/06/02 (1)
    • Re: the joy of spotting errors and spelling them out in public Bartholomew 11:45:29 04/06/02 (0)

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