Comments on: Blogging Lesson From the Second Grade

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By: Rebeca Hamden

Rebeca Hamden — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:43:45 +0000

This really answered my downside, thanks!

By: Simon Knake

Simon Knake — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:20:57 +0000

It’s hard to find knowledgeable folks on this topic, but you sound like you already know what you’re speaking about! Thanks

By: timethief

timethief — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:37:45 +0000

Thanks for the sound advice. What’s very difficult for visually challenged bloggers like me is that we may “preview” and “proofread” more than once and still find errors after publishing. I thank my lucky stars that I’m not color blind because the spellcheckers us the color “red” – what a stupid choice!

By: ghd

ghd — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:49:54 +0000

I am notoriously bad at proofreading my own work, I miss grammer and spelling mistakes when ever I do it. I tried the read out loud technique and it does help. Especially as you mentioned at spotting missing punctuation. but I usually get my partner to give it the once over, she always catches something I miss, like the odd double character at the start of a wword :)

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:37:53 +0000

Someone mentioned reading my blog posts aloud once on one of the comments on my blog, Since then I try to even print out my Blog posts and look at them before publishing. It is a hard practice to keep and takes some getting used to but well worth it.Garren spoke of the talking fox plugin which is a great idea

By: dfn

dfn — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:37:37 +0000

I use that strategy, too – especially if I am in a hurry and want to be to sure the blog post I´m just composing still makes sense and is not disfigured by typos. There is another feel to it if the sentences have a particular sound [on the downside I´m sometimes blamed for writing too stilted :-)]

By: Phil Neujahr

Phil Neujahr — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:54:54 +0000

I love the fact that you have to explain some of these simplistic ideas. Spelling and grammar are such a mess in the typical blog. Thanks for sharing!

By: Garen

Garen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:48:36 +0000

I always use firefoxes plugin “speaking fox” it is great because sometimes reading from the screen can be a chore in its self. That and sometimes hearing your writing out loud helps you proof your work better.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:05:12 +0000

That’s why I read my posts aloud. I catch mistakes easier that way. It’s not fool proof but the alternative is much worse. I start reading like it should be read instead of what I’m actually reading.

By: WaistingTime

WaistingTime — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:55:00 +0000

I can read my blog post over and over again and still miss typos! I read what I think I wrote. Now my husband tells me if he finds an error, but only when he reads after I publish. I never thought to read aloud to myself.

By: DeEtte

DeEtte — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:31:16 +0000

So true! I have my 4th grade daughter read me her homework assignments and she always catches her mistakes.

I will definitely implement this technique across all my sites and suggest it to my clients as well.