tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post1391717110227327937..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Donald Trump’s spellingMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-81586030417945084672017-08-29T09:04:25.861-05:002017-08-29T09:04:25.861-05:00Hello Julia! Thanks for reading and saying hello, ...Hello Julia! Thanks for reading and saying hello, and best wishes for the new year. I miss that new-year feeling. I almost wish I was teaching an advanced writing class so that I could hear what students might say about this column.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-27338888942366817662017-08-29T07:15:09.928-05:002017-08-29T07:15:09.928-05:00Thank you for making a reasoned argument about the...Thank you for making a reasoned argument about the effects of misspelling and similar mistakes. I too am jarred out of the content of what I am reading by these sorts of things. (I edited these two sentences twice while writing them!)<br /><br />(Sorry I've been away for so long. I came back to fetch How to Email a Professor because now I am a TA at BGSU in the department of philosophy and once again, students need to learn about such things. I also want to up my game when it comes to my own writing and your blog is the place to get inspiration for that.)JuliaRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795348297295716491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-79041808337912157462017-08-28T12:20:05.708-05:002017-08-28T12:20:05.708-05:00Yeah, and also, I don't judge blogs and tweets...Yeah, and also, I don't judge blogs and tweets written by casual writers (including me) the same way I judge the writing of someone whose job it is to represent me and my country to the entire world. (I don't even proof my own posts as well as I do my work for the publisher.)Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-38833627737994253752017-08-28T11:40:18.383-05:002017-08-28T11:40:18.383-05:00I’ve wondered whether the misspellings could be a ...I’ve wondered whether the misspellings could be a Jedi mind trick meant to appeal to ”the base” by stirring up snooty critics. But his lack of interest in reading makes me think the mistakes are genuine. Certainly “no challenge to great” in the inauguration poster can’t be deliberate.<br /><br />Grit not! I would never correct a correspondent’s writing. But I know what you mean, and I feel the same way when I write to various people.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-12022030104746044062017-08-28T10:22:31.633-05:002017-08-28T10:22:31.633-05:00In what I expected to be a final proof-read the ot...In what I expected to be a final proof-read the other day, I caught myself using <b>it's</b> where I needed <b>its</b>. Couldn't believe it. The further I get from my school years, the more such mistakes I find... and probably, the more I <i>don't</i> find. Not making excuses for anyone.<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised to learn that President Trump's spelling errors are part of a cater-to-the-base strategy. (Or maybe he's making fun of them.)<br /><br />But I'm with you. If my concentration on what I'm reading is distracted by bad spelling, or incorrect wording or punctuation, I start to doubt the quality of the writer's thinking. <br /><br />It must be much worse for you: I'm sure you see far more errors than I. (Every time I write to you, I grit my teeth.)<br />The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.com