Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Off Topic: Grammar, Does It Matter To You?
Okay, I'll admit, I'm a very bad blogger. Well okay, not a bad blogger, but a bad writer. Well okay, not a bad writer, a lazy one. I'm bad a double checking my post for grammatical and spelling errors. See, I already made a mistake. I'm sorry. Even the Blarney can't help me! :(
It does bother me when I re-read my own post and find errors, which I do on occassion. But in most cases, I just like getting the idea out of my head and stopping. My thoughts are often discombobulated, and well, just all over the place--funny because the way I write is really the way I am too. Organization is not my forte...I may suffer from some mental disorder yet to be diagnosed. I love elipses and inappropriate punctuations abound? Seriously, everytime I write something and then I re-read, I find at least a few letters or even whole words missing, and I think to myself, "What the heck?!" Like if I meant to write:
"In order to portray professionalism to your readers, it is highly recommended that you double check grammar and spelling in your compositions."
It will often look like this:
"In order to protray professionalism to you're readers it is highly recommended that double check grammar and spelling in your composition."
Yuck!
So by admitting this, am I committing blogger suicide? How much does grammar affect your readership? Most blogs that I read, are very well written. I'm quite jealous. Do I want to change my blogging style? I guess in a way I do, but at the same time I don't. Hah. Hey it's my blog, and I write however I want! :P What do you think? Warning, I did not re-read this post.
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Nah, it doesn't matter to me. I'm not sure what blogs you are comparing yourself to, but I believe your writing is fine. I've seen some badly written blogs out there and this isn't one of them. And I believe omitting words from a sentence is common, but don't quote me on that one. It might mean something if it was a frequent occurrence. Professionalism? We're bloggers, not journalists, or a business dealing with customers. Not much need for professionalism, unless you're trying to attract a certain crowd. I believe content, style, opinion, etc. are more important. Oh yeah, and tell Brownie I said hi.
I haven't come across many problems. You have a very nice blog. Don't sweat it! :)
I haven't noticed any particular sloppiness on your blog.
That said, I think it's worth the time to edit mistakes when you notice them after the fact. I also don't spend a lot of time proofreading my blog, but why would you leave lots of errors in there if you come across them later?
I find that it helps to write my posts in MS Word (so I can run a spellcheck AND grammar check) before cutting and pasting them over to blogger. Blogger's spellchecker keeps telling me that I'm making up words. So not true!
Hey, do what you like! If I find errors after posting, I'll fix 'em, unless someone has commented specifically about the error. Then if I fix, any future readers will think, "what was that guy talking about?"
John, Thanks for the feedback...I agree content, style and opinin are important...And Brownie says "ruff!"
Thanks Tim!
Claire, I do correct them if they affect the meaning of the sentence, but if not, I usually let them be. Now if there were so many errors that I couldn't understand what I wrote, I would definitely go back and correct...
IRA, That's a good idea...Word thinks I'm making up tons of words too. Especially when I write about more localized and ethnic things...and names...
TADollar, I concur...Sorry about the typo on your website name in my post...errrr.
LAmoneyguy, Hah, yeah I guess that's the bottom line...it is our blogs...
I think you write just fine. I've never noticed any missed words or misspellings. Even if I did, I still knew what you meant to say. It's your blog, so write however you want.
As for me, I tend to write the way I speak in a social setting. This isn't english class nor am I at the office. When I'm blogging, I view my readers as my friends.
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