tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3809375243260612178..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Typos - by Jo CarrollKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65245735141883699022013-11-25T07:39:17.183+00:002013-11-25T07:39:17.183+00:00Thanks for all your support - and speiling-spottin...Thanks for all your support - and speiling-spotting - at least I'm not the only one to struggle with this.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18864650114862405722013-11-24T22:59:37.352+00:002013-11-24T22:59:37.352+00:00Too busy spieling to spell? Yes, Jo, I did spot yo...Too busy spieling to spell? Yes, Jo, I did spot your deliberate mistake lurking in that sentence undergrowth!julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83485198293294634132013-11-24T21:00:57.917+00:002013-11-24T21:00:57.917+00:00Auto correct is a disaster, Jo! I've done ever...Auto correct is a disaster, Jo! I've done everything you've suggested here, as well as reading aloud, reading back to front and in different fonts, but even still, the beasts creep in. People have different ideas about punctuation, but my favourite trick is forgetting to put a full stop at the end of a paragraph :-p<br /><br />My only safety net is getting fellow teachers to read for me - about five of them! Even then, I can't guarantee total success. I think even copyeditors these days have trouble because they are under so much pressure to get the work out, and most publishers don't have teams of them the way they used to. It's a problem, I know.Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77379813983161922902013-11-24T16:02:50.814+00:002013-11-24T16:02:50.814+00:00yes I did 'Finds' with my last novel Chris...yes I did 'Finds' with my last novel Chris. and very kind helpful friends offered to proof read it for me!<br />Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-46526351588458132732013-11-24T14:56:46.718+00:002013-11-24T14:56:46.718+00:00Great thought - Chris, thank you. (Though I'll...Great thought - Chris, thank you. (Though I'll never be able to name a character Angus again!!)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17276293342577910152013-11-24T14:47:48.147+00:002013-11-24T14:47:48.147+00:00WhenI worked for Angus Council spell check always ...WhenI worked for Angus Council spell check always changed the name Angus to anus! However, for things like their and there, your and you're, and other words that are easily confused I have a list of them and do a 'Find' when I'm checking the manuscript. Each one that is found can be considered to see if it is the correct version.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-143508656393889582013-11-24T14:22:08.658+00:002013-11-24T14:22:08.658+00:00hahaha! there' s a website with rude convos du...hahaha! there' s a website with rude convos due to autocorrect, which seems to have a filthy mind!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-952751163380916252013-11-24T14:13:58.091+00:002013-11-24T14:13:58.091+00:00Thank you all - Lydia, autocorrect can make life e...Thank you all - Lydia, autocorrect can make life even worse. In my former life I had to write a Court Report about a child called Phillip, which my computer insisted on changing to phallus ...JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5233511232207226992013-11-24T12:06:14.397+00:002013-11-24T12:06:14.397+00:00odd really that with all the technology at our dis...odd really that with all the technology at our disposal we still have this problem - in fact, the autocorrect can sneakily change stuff without you noticing, if you're not careful. all you can do is all you can do, and you've about covered it here, apart from the reading aloud thing. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77562395889392725022013-11-24T07:41:12.402+00:002013-11-24T07:41:12.402+00:00Fail-safe? Fail-safe? Stop wriiting.Fail-safe? <i>Fail-safe?</i> Stop wriiting.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22592662773430083392013-11-24T03:44:03.769+00:002013-11-24T03:44:03.769+00:00Read the text out loud.
After fine-tooth-combin...Read the text out loud. <br /><br />After fine-tooth-combing and getting every last typo out over the course of a year, I still discovered one for every two chapters while recording the audiobook.<br /><br />Arghhh!Karen Myershttp://www.hollowlands.comnoreply@blogger.com