Comments on: It’s Not My Fault……It Is My Fault http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault Black Bear Blog - The Politics of Hunting, Fishing and the Outdoors. Protecting our American Heritage. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Remington http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5314 Tom Remington Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:00:49 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5314 One of the biggest factors that drive writers to blogging is the fact that they don't have to be subjected to editors, in the sense they are editing content. Another wonderful aspect of blogging is the material is fast and can be posted in lightning fashion compared to news print. This has good and bad aspects with it. As a blogger, I don't think I would be happy with an editor. There are bloggers who are subject to their editors, I assume anyway. In some cases, like that of Jim Zumbo, who while blogging under the auspices of Outdoor Life, wasn't being edited. Had he been blogging strictly on his own, what happened to him wouldn't have happened. One of the biggest factors that drive writers to blogging is the fact that they don’t have to be subjected to editors, in the sense they are editing content.
Another wonderful aspect of blogging is the material is fast and can be posted in lightning fashion compared to news print. This has good and bad aspects with it.
As a blogger, I don’t think I would be happy with an editor. There are bloggers who are subject to their editors, I assume anyway. In some cases, like that of Jim Zumbo, who while blogging under the auspices of Outdoor Life, wasn’t being edited. Had he been blogging strictly on his own, what happened to him wouldn’t have happened.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5313 Bryan Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:22:29 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5313 I want to echo your thoughts on this post with another example. Teaching classes at Kent State University (Department of Psychology), I've been surprised about the number of errors in textbooks, including equations, misspellings, and improper references. Mistakes to happen, but like the New York Times, it can be difficult to understand when they are supposedly edited time and time again. As for us bloggers, we will likely only be taken as seriously as we make ourselves out to be. So, I try to lean on the side of proofing, but I do make mistakes. I wonder what it would be like to work for a blog where there are editors, etc??? I want to echo your thoughts on this post with another example. Teaching classes at Kent State University (Department of Psychology), I’ve been surprised about the number of errors in textbooks, including equations, misspellings, and improper references. Mistakes to happen, but like the New York Times, it can be difficult to understand when they are supposedly edited time and time again.

As for us bloggers, we will likely only be taken as seriously as we make ourselves out to be. So, I try to lean on the side of proofing, but I do make mistakes. I wonder what it would be like to work for a blog where there are editors, etc???

]]> By: G.MOCK http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5312 G.MOCK Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:18:21 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5312 SOMETIMES,I THINK PEOPLE SPELL AS THEY SPEAK.REGIONALLY,CERTAIN WORDS ARE PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY.BUT,WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE MEDIA,NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL,WE SHOULD BE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT.NO ONE IS PERFECT.WE STILL KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.SO HOW ABOUT THAT NEW YORK TIMES. SOMETIMES,I THINK PEOPLE SPELL AS THEY SPEAK.REGIONALLY,CERTAIN WORDS ARE PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY.BUT,WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE MEDIA,NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL,WE SHOULD BE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT.NO ONE IS PERFECT.WE STILL KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.SO HOW ABOUT THAT NEW YORK TIMES.

]]> By: Kristine Shreve http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5311 Kristine Shreve Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:09:36 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2007/08/13/its-not-my-faultit-is-my-fault/#comment-5311 I agree with this one hundred percent. I'm a bit of a grammar Nazi, and I always proof my posts and run them through spell check. I'm not perfect, and I do make mistakes, but I do my best to see I don't make many. People who write blogs and can't be bothered to use the English language properly really bug me. It is terribly hard to learn to write grammatically and to spell properly. If you expect someone to take the time to read what you write, you should take the time to make sure it's written well. I agree with this one hundred percent. I’m a bit of a grammar Nazi, and I always proof my posts and run them through spell check. I’m not perfect, and I do make mistakes, but I do my best to see I don’t make many.

People who write blogs and can’t be bothered to use the English language properly really bug me. It is terribly hard to learn to write grammatically and to spell properly. If you expect someone to take the time to read what you write, you should take the time to make sure it’s written well.

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