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Post by mlhearing on Mar 28, 2017 10:22:34 GMT -5
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Post by Suzy on Mar 28, 2017 13:32:26 GMT -5
There are a few "form" instead of "from" there.Both from EB WHite and you...
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Post by mlhearing on Mar 29, 2017 10:25:50 GMT -5
Fixed (I hope). Thanks.
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Post by Suzy on Mar 29, 2017 14:30:12 GMT -5
Not quite...You still have "form 4 april 1954." I make this mistake myself regularly, along with "tow" instead of two... |
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Post by whdean on Mar 30, 2017 21:33:22 GMT -5
Good post, ML.
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Post by mlhearing on Mar 31, 2017 12:45:03 GMT -5
Not quite...You still have "form 4 april 1954." I make this mistake myself regularly, along with "tow" instead of two... Aargh . . . I'll fix it tonight. This is what I keep telling people: when you read your own work, you see what should be there instead of what actually is there. Your own eyes just aren't enough. Thanks again, Michael |
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Post by mlhearing on Mar 31, 2017 12:45:21 GMT -5
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Post by Suzy on Mar 31, 2017 13:25:06 GMT -5
Not quite...You still have "form 4 april 1954." I make this mistake myself regularly, along with "tow" instead of two... Aargh . . . I'll fix it tonight. This is what I keep telling people: when you read your own work, you see what should be there instead of what actually is there. Your own eyes just aren't enough. Thanks again, Michael So very true. I'm so blind to my own work. |
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Post by whdean on Mar 31, 2017 14:03:56 GMT -5
Even though I edit mostly science papers and gov't policy, I regularly explain the showing vs. telling distinction in my comments. It seems to apply across the board.
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