That's so fucking pitiful. Funny. But pitiful. I think often they *do* read what they write, they just don't know better. I'm not sure that all writers are readers. Or, maybe it's that they don't pay attention or they don't hear? They aren't visual readers? By which I mean they don't see the words in their heads, not that they don't visualize the scenes they're reading about. They don't actually know word meanings? Shit, I dunno.
There's got to be some reason for thinking/writing "despite" instead of "to spite" and it goes beyond a typo. It's like all the people who write "should of," could of," etc., when they so clearly mean should have, or more accurately "should've." I know that contraction sounds like should of, but that makes no sense. How do they mistake that?
Or not knowing differences between homonyms. There are so many consistent errors that I'm just fucking baffled.
I think it's like the "of"/"have" thing, and the writer just takes the phonetics for granted without looking at the actual word she just wrote and how it actually reads in the sentence. This is a great example of one of those where the mistake actually makes the sentence mean exactly opposite to what the writer wants to convey.
Oh, and the fic was full of filler crap where I kept yelling "GET TO THE STORY DAMN IT!!!!" God, we're not in 19th c. realism anymore, dammit, I don't care what exact color the river was and its history to the community! Especially since it has nothing to do WITH THE GAY SECKS THIS IS BUILDING UP TO. So yeah, that sentence I quoted is when I stopped reading.
Lol! First rule of writing. Never use a common expression if you don't know what it means. (or if you have any doubt about the actual wording of the expression, please, please please look it up. Google is your friend.)
Never use a common expression if you don't know what it means.
The sad thing is, they don't know they don't know! Ignorance sux.
I did love this one, though, it so beauifully illustrates the problem.
I am having a good holiday! I got home from relatives last night and am currently just in from stocking up on staples and watching the first of the nor'easter snow starting to blow outside my window. I'm taking the whole day off, AWE. SUM. We're gonna get snowed in today! And I have nowhere to be for a week! It's awesome.
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DESPITE HIS FACE.
LMAO!
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You're not just making that up, are you? I mean, they REALLY wrote this?
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There's got to be some reason for thinking/writing "despite" instead of "to spite" and it goes beyond a typo. It's like all the people who write "should of," could of," etc., when they so clearly mean should have, or more accurately "should've." I know that contraction sounds like should of, but that makes no sense. How do they mistake that?
Or not knowing differences between homonyms. There are so many consistent errors that I'm just fucking baffled.
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Oh, and the fic was full of filler crap where I kept yelling "GET TO THE STORY DAMN IT!!!!" God, we're not in 19th c. realism anymore, dammit, I don't care what exact color the river was and its history to the community! Especially since it has nothing to do WITH THE GAY SECKS THIS IS BUILDING UP TO. So yeah, that sentence I quoted is when I stopped reading.
I love your icon, btw.
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I must admit that I loved this one.
I do hope that you are having a good holiday.
L.
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The sad thing is, they don't know they don't know! Ignorance sux.
I did love this one, though, it so beauifully illustrates the problem.
I am having a good holiday! I got home from relatives last night and am currently just in from stocking up on staples and watching the first of the nor'easter snow starting to blow outside my window. I'm taking the whole day off, AWE. SUM. We're gonna get snowed in today! And I have nowhere to be for a week! It's awesome.
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"I'm having a period of inflection where I wonder if I'm good enough to lead. What does that mean?"
So I promptly to them what inflection meant.
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Did the person respond?
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