Corrections To Computer Errors And Mobile Mishaps
I come back to my blog post in the morning and find a missing gap between words or a typo. That's because I have composed or added to my post on a phone. The keys are close together o a phone. Also I am tired last thing at night - or early morning. And I rush off to bed, without yet another correction making an even later night, which would mean being tired next day resulting in more errors.
Tut-tut. Never mind. I've now corrected the missing gap in the headline. I had run two words together, like the way the German language connects short words to make a new long word.
Spell Correctors
What else causes my typos? Those changes made by the automatic spell corrector which turns foreign words and names into commonly used English words. I can usually guess whether it was my error or the computer software's misplaced enthusiasm to be helpful. Ironically, I have to re-read and correct the automatic corrections.
Mixxed Messages Spelling Spilling Spoiling!
A woman wrote an email to my husband, ending that she was looking forward to receiving a massage from him. Reading back, seeing the repeated mis-spelling, it was obvious that she meant message.
Tongue Twister
I just made up this tongue twister.
Where would I wear it, were I to wear it?
If I were is not the same as if I was. Was is past singular. I am. I was. Were is plural or future. 'Was I to wear it' is a question, about the past intention. 'Were I to wear it' is the hypothetical future.
Popular Poem
For your amusement, Wikipedia lists popular poems about common spelling errors.
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