Posted by wendy b. on May 15, 2002, at 15:37:30
In reply to My first and only mistake, I SWEAR! » wendy b., posted by BeARdEdLaDY on May 14, 2002, at 18:13:59
> Good eye, Wendy. I feel like a dolt.
>
> beardy : (>Beird-eye:
I AM an editorial bitch! My eye seeks out grammatical mistakes like a heat-seeking missile... It's a problem. Sending me text to read for corrections is not for the faint-of-heart. I am one of those people whose boss used to give memos and important letters, etc., so that I could fix her IT'S vs ITS problems, and other horrors. And then I'd just do re-writes for her as well, she was illiterate, made $30K more than I did, too. Makes me nuts when I see they're and their and there mixed up, it really does. And the weird thing about it is, when I teach elementary school, 3rd grade is about when they can grasp it, I say: "Don't worry if you can't get it... 90% of the adults you know don't get it either." This make them feel better, maybe? I don't know. It's not like it's so hard. There I go again...
Anyway, did you figure me out? Am I the figure from your past who loved Elton John?? Any more leads on that?
A wave in your direction,
Wendy
:-]
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