I’m beginning to think that, no matter how many times I proofread, I’ll never spot all the missing or stray words in my posts.
Mostly, this is due to my impatience and over eagerness to hit the ‘publish’ button.
This means that, too often, I make only a superficial read through and a quick spell check before sending my thoughts out into cyberspace.
In one recent post, for example, I initially wrote that a father hoped “his son’s death would be in vain”. The missing ‘not’ in the sentence gave it completely the opposite meaning to the one intended.
I know there are automated proofreading programs but I’m reluctant to use these.
I feel I should be able to spot the errors myself without computerised assistance.
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