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I see that all the time, too. Makes me want to scream, it does.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by iiradned View PostI have read in the past day several fics by different authors that use defiantly when the in the context of the sentence they meant to use definitely.Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
Sam's life takes a turn in an unexpected direction when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy. The decision to keep the baby and raise it on her own will alter her life forever. Relationships are put to the test, especially the one between her and Jack. She doesn't know what to expect from him and he surprises her at every turn.
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That makes me want to scream, too. Not to mention the people who write pregnate when they mean pregnant.
Oh, also? It's bated breath, people, not baited breath. (Unless you're trying to use halitosis as a means to catch flies or something.)Sum, ergo scribo...
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I always wonder if those people don't have spell/grammar check or simply can't be bothered to use it.Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
Sam's life takes a turn in an unexpected direction when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy. The decision to keep the baby and raise it on her own will alter her life forever. Relationships are put to the test, especially the one between her and Jack. She doesn't know what to expect from him and he surprises her at every turn.
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My S/J fics can be found on FFnet and AO3. I also tweet and tumble about the ship and my writing/stories.
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Originally posted by fems View PostI always wonder if those people don't have spell/grammar check or simply can't be bothered to use it.sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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I know, but they pick up on things like solider/soldier, too/to (not always, but in certain situations), definately/definitely, you/your/you're and pregnate/pregnant.
I don't have a beta, but I do find that reading through your stuff every once in a while helps, either for yourself or when someone is reviewing an old(er) fic/chapter.Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
Sam's life takes a turn in an unexpected direction when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy. The decision to keep the baby and raise it on her own will alter her life forever. Relationships are put to the test, especially the one between her and Jack. She doesn't know what to expect from him and he surprises her at every turn.
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My S/J fics can be found on FFnet and AO3. I also tweet and tumble about the ship and my writing/stories.
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I keep grammar checker turned off on my computer, because it is wrong 90% of the time. When I used to leave it on, it would continually instruct me to mix singular and plural (telling me to write things like "Jack fish in his pond" rather than "Jack fishes in his pond" for example) and a host of other errors. I don't need it; my grammar is fine. Same with my spelling, and I figure that I or my beta can catch typos.
I often suspect that an over-reliance on computerized spell-checking and grammar-checking is part of what's ruining people's own ability to write coherent sentences. I grew up in the era when if you wanted to check the spelling of a word or the proper way to use it, you had to get out the dictionary, and my first encounter with a computer program that would do it for me was when I was in my twenties, by which point I think I'd already internalized that damn dictionary and didn't need the program.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by SF_and_Coffee View PostI keep grammar checker turned off on my computer, because it is wrong 90% of the time. When I used to leave it on, it would continually instruct me to mix singular and plural (telling me to write things like "Jack fish in his pond" rather than "Jack fishes in his pond" for example) and a host of other errors. I don't need it; my grammar is fine. Same with my spelling, and I figure that I or my beta can catch typos.
I often suspect that an over-reliance on computerized spell-checking and grammar-checking is part of what's ruining people's own ability to write coherent sentences. I grew up in the era when if you wanted to check the spelling of a word or the proper way to use it, you had to get out the dictionary, and my first encounter with a computer program that would do it for me was when I was in my twenties, by which point I think I'd already internalized that damn dictionary and didn't need the program.sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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Just caught another word substitution people always make:
"Roll" for "role". Really annoying!Sum, ergo scribo...
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Yes, but like you both say: you know your spelling and grammar. Those people obviously do not.
I always have spelling and grammar turned on, though. It are only suggestions and it works great for typos. I've never had those plural/singular mixing you mentioned, but perhaps that's just my grammar settings. Next to that I always use babylon as a dictionary or for translations, because it's easy with just ctrl+click to check and I have my translation dictionaries on my desk in case I can't find the right words or expressions.
Originally posted by SF_and_Coffee View PostJust caught another word substitution people always make:
"Roll" for "role". Really annoying!
What really annoys me though is when people say "lead" in past tense. It's to lead - led - led!Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
Sam's life takes a turn in an unexpected direction when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy. The decision to keep the baby and raise it on her own will alter her life forever. Relationships are put to the test, especially the one between her and Jack. She doesn't know what to expect from him and he surprises her at every turn.
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My S/J fics can be found on FFnet and AO3. I also tweet and tumble about the ship and my writing/stories.
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Fems--just curious & no need to answer, obviously. Are you a native speaker? Approximately how old are you? SF_and_Coffee & I are of a similar age & upbringing, native speakers from the "dark ages" before computers.
Also, just saw one on a lawyer's sign yesterday: "Your not at fault"sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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Oh, I know the grammar checker results are only suggestions, but seeing those colored squiggles all over the screen -- especially when I knew I'd written it correctly -- got annoying, which is why I turned it off. When I'm writing, or editing what I've written, I like to have as few visual distractions as possible.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Nope, no native speaker and I'm 23 years old. It would be very sad if I needed a translation dictionary if I was a native speaker...
There are a lot of things you can (un)check for the grammar check in Word, I've only ticked several boxes and don't really have a lot of colored squiggles all over the screen. Same thing for the spelling check, all the Stargate-related terms are added to my customary dictionary (and autocorrect for the annoying apostrophes etc).Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
Sam's life takes a turn in an unexpected direction when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy. The decision to keep the baby and raise it on her own will alter her life forever. Relationships are put to the test, especially the one between her and Jack. She doesn't know what to expect from him and he surprises her at every turn.
On FFnet or AO3
My S/J fics can be found on FFnet and AO3. I also tweet and tumble about the ship and my writing/stories.
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No matter what I unchecked, I still had enough to be annoying. (Then again, for me, even one or two is annoying.) Since I don't need it anyway, I just keep it turned off.
I do have a pretty extensive custom dictionary, however, considering that I not only have Stargate terms in my fiction, but also a number of words in Welsh or other languages.Sum, ergo scribo...
(Yes, I'm female. Okay?)
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Explore Colonel Frank Cromwell's odyssey after falling through the Stargate in Season Two's A Matter of Time, and follow Jack's search for him. Significant Tok'ra supporting characters and a human culture drawn from the annals of history. Book One of the series By Honor Bound.
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