tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post7695536211281931154..comments2024-03-25T13:09:43.054-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: Working toward a better blog--in which I try out Grammarly (with a giveaway of a $25 Amazon Gift Card)Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-42725106095370438922014-01-15T15:01:32.129-05:002014-01-15T15:01:32.129-05:00It does sound like an interesting service. I'...It does sound like an interesting service. I'm not sure I could really bring myself to spend money on my blog at all right now (which is pretty pitiful, really) - and I'm also posting in such haste that I both need and am not sure I would actually find time for something like this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-50683197617505831522014-01-14T20:14:39.216-05:002014-01-14T20:14:39.216-05:00My students need this!!!
Ok Ok so do I since I...My students need this!!!<br /><br />Ok Ok so do I since I've been known to hand out an assignment I created and then see the errors! Jill the OWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861980045976795774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-39660339646474510482014-01-14T19:08:02.263-05:002014-01-14T19:08:02.263-05:00You're welcome!You're welcome!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-53399223896574988482014-01-14T19:07:52.770-05:002014-01-14T19:07:52.770-05:00That is a very interesting question! When I see p...That is a very interesting question! When I see people I know pretty well who have egregious typos (like in the title of the post, or the title of the book) I will tell them, but not if it's someone I don't "know." I think I like to be told, myself, about things that are a step up from commas, but I like it better when people email about them, because then there's not a Record of Shame in the comments. Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-84002565987697358212014-01-14T19:06:17.019-05:002014-01-14T19:06:17.019-05:00And now mine is too! One of the things I've l...And now mine is too! One of the things I've let myself do over the years is not stick to a single style--sometimes I feel chattier, sometimes more formal. Keeps it interesting.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-72768815901988309802014-01-14T19:05:12.241-05:002014-01-14T19:05:12.241-05:00I guess it's comman complaint.I guess it's comman complaint.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-59607266415273253712014-01-14T18:56:09.585-05:002014-01-14T18:56:09.585-05:00I had never heard of this before, Charlotte! Than...I had never heard of this before, Charlotte! Thanks for sharing! =)Rosemondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659819366169700357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-31953058337849926912014-01-14T10:41:50.413-05:002014-01-14T10:41:50.413-05:00I think over-commaing is probably a big problem fo...I think over-commaing is probably a big problem for everyone. I know I way overuse them.<br /><br />I like your conversational style, and I have never noticed an improper comma. If I were to ever see a misspelling would you want to know? I always kind of assume no (in general, not specifically toward your blog), though I suppose I would want to know.KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104353672021261729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-19835804086403222014-01-14T10:16:36.539-05:002014-01-14T10:16:36.539-05:00Interesting assessment! Don't know that I'...Interesting assessment! Don't know that I'd pay for the service, but it's good to know that it's out there. Have you ever caught anyone plagiarizing your work?<br /><br />When I first started my blog, I had to go back three and four times with a post to "relax" the writing. The first post I wrote, my husband looked at it and said "Well, it's fine . . .but it sounds like you're lecturing a class." Well, that wasn't at all what I wanted! I'd like to think I've found a better casual but professional style over the year. I bet I over-comma to. (Oh dear, now my brain is humming 'comma, comma, comma,comma, comma chameleon . . ." ):PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-4496809839924001922014-01-14T00:41:02.411-05:002014-01-14T00:41:02.411-05:00I think you've shared good information - that&...I think you've shared good information - that's what really matters! :-)Renee C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07351071483275676742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-11726400837688494372014-01-13T22:07:16.665-05:002014-01-13T22:07:16.665-05:00Ah, it's always the commas! Whenever I read ov...Ah, it's always the commas! Whenever I read over posts carefully for errors (which, woe, I don't do often enough), it's always the commas where I find errors. :pJenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-21910031189387242922014-01-13T18:24:18.921-05:002014-01-13T18:24:18.921-05:00I hemmed and hawed too, Renee--this is the first t...I hemmed and hawed too, Renee--this is the first time I have ever blogged for compensation. But I still kind of regret the bookcase offer, and knew I'd probably regret this one...and it is very blog related, so I went for it!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750715350958105088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-33334656946852421372014-01-13T18:23:27.716-05:002014-01-13T18:23:27.716-05:00I myself have never noticed too many commas in any...I myself have never noticed too many commas in any blog, including my own, but now I bet I am going to be seeing them everywhere!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750715350958105088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-56002991366218229552014-01-13T18:22:45.034-05:002014-01-13T18:22:45.034-05:00you're welcome!you're welcome!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750715350958105088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-10664999597297302242014-01-13T13:54:19.522-05:002014-01-13T13:54:19.522-05:00Thanks for sharing this Charlotte - they contacted...Thanks for sharing this Charlotte - they contacted me as well a while ago and I hemmed and hawed about it. Now I'm thinking ... well, maybe ... lol. I think a blog post is definitely more conversational than a scholarly piece of writing so I say that we are totally allowed to use commas any way we choose! However, I really would have benefitted from this kind of thing in grad school. ;-)<br /><br />What I sometimes (but not always do) is copy and paste the text from my posts into Word and do a spell and grammar check there. I then fix the errors found by Word directly in the original post. I do that on days where I'm particularly fatigued and feel certain I've made some significant errors. Renee C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07351071483275676742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-64915115701929334722014-01-13T12:48:22.879-05:002014-01-13T12:48:22.879-05:00I think your conversational tone is one of your bl...I think your conversational tone is one of your blogging strengths, Charlotte! I giggled over this post - I also use far too many commas. I usually go back through my posts and remove one to two (on average) 15 minutes after I first hit 'publish.' Not that it helps overall, but you know.Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-32084324621165955962014-01-13T12:34:21.196-05:002014-01-13T12:34:21.196-05:00Hmm, I'm afraid what I'd find out if I rea...Hmm, I'm afraid what I'd find out if I really used it. Thanks for sharing your gift for using it with the rest of us.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-71001756003824455022014-01-13T12:29:05.940-05:002014-01-13T12:29:05.940-05:00And I would really like a spelling and grammar che...And I would really like a spelling and grammar check for comments too!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-12183784752128848132014-01-13T12:28:30.122-05:002014-01-13T12:28:30.122-05:00I am actually rather glad to know I have a tendenc...I am actually rather glad to know I have a tendency toward egregious commas! Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-3801420327056806872014-01-13T12:28:05.210-05:002014-01-13T12:28:05.210-05:00ouch!ouch!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-59850189112111427692014-01-13T12:27:54.472-05:002014-01-13T12:27:54.472-05:00Oh well, it's no more robotic than any basic s...Oh well, it's no more robotic than any basic spellcheck...and it's tactful too--not "you're wrong!" but 'you might want to change this."Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-42164931361736903942014-01-13T11:07:03.089-05:002014-01-13T11:07:03.089-05:00Commas... Not comments.Commas... Not comments.Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-85905654491916812072014-01-13T11:06:50.081-05:002014-01-13T11:06:50.081-05:00I ramble in my posts and I always notice the typos...I ramble in my posts and I always notice the typos months later... *sigh* I should run a few of my posts through the free trial and see what happens. It would probably be really really bad. :) It's comments for me, too.Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-80578247143591003072014-01-13T10:19:32.804-05:002014-01-13T10:19:32.804-05:00Some of those commas are rather egregious.
And I ...Some of those commas are rather egregious.<br /><br />And I would kill for a fantasy-name checker.Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-61528153626579131852014-01-13T10:06:56.750-05:002014-01-13T10:06:56.750-05:00The feature that helps with confusion with like wo...The feature that helps with confusion with like words such as to and two appeal to me. Sometime back I wrote an email to complain about writing webinar to the company who presented it. In the email, I wrote 'write' when I meant to say 'right' Ugh! I never heard back from them about my complaint. I'm think he probably just gave them one more excuse not to address the complaint and it needed to be addressed whether or not my email had typos.<br /><br />CherylCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310377995959127793noreply@blogger.com