Comments on: More Flubs http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/ Freelancing is more fun with oDesk Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monica W http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Monica W Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:18:15 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-486 There's also Allude/Elude I got this one (above) from reading a health newsletter where the writer kept 'eluding' to things mentioned earlier in the piece - yes, truly... And... Affluence/Effluence There’s also

Allude/Elude

I got this one (above) from reading a health newsletter where the writer kept ‘eluding’ to things mentioned earlier in the piece – yes, truly…

And…

Affluence/Effluence

]]> By: Incurable Disease of Writing » Just Write Blog Carnival July 18, 2008 Edition http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Incurable Disease of Writing » Just Write Blog Carnival July 18, 2008 Edition Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:04:57 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-349 [...] presents More Flubs posted at oDesk Insider, saying, “Another list of common writing gaffes pros would do well to [...] [...] presents More Flubs posted at oDesk Insider, saying, “Another list of common writing gaffes pros would do well to [...]

]]> By: Nelson Manning http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Nelson Manning Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:21:28 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-338 It's a pity I didn't swoop in when that comment first appeared. In my infinite maturity (as expressed through my high-brow writing here), I would have unleashed such comic gold as saying "pwnt." It’s a pity I didn’t swoop in when that comment first appeared. In my infinite maturity (as expressed through my high-brow writing here), I would have unleashed such comic gold as saying “pwnt.”

]]> By: More Flubs http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-334 More Flubs Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:40:42 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-334 [...] More Flubs …one means circumspect or prudent (discreet) and the other means separate from some … all together/altogether - We were all together on the [...] [...] More Flubs …one means circumspect or prudent (discreet) and the other means separate from some … all together/altogether – We were all together on the [...]

]]> By: Bill http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Bill Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:41:40 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-333 PS, and now I can't edit my post to fix my gaffe, because Michelle's comment is so tasty. PS, and now I can’t edit my post to fix my gaffe, because Michelle’s comment is so tasty.

]]> By: Bill http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Bill Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:39:59 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-332 What's the phrase? "I'd rather be lucky than skilled." I'm glad Dave backed me up, but truly, I slipped up and would have used gaffe if I had noticed it. I got lucky and thinking about it, I would use gaff for a hook or spike (like for pulling fish in the boat or for climbing a tree). It perfectly illustrates the point though. Spell-check doesn't know what you want to say. What’s the phrase? “I’d rather be lucky than skilled.”
I’m glad Dave backed me up, but truly, I slipped up and would have used gaffe if I had noticed it. I got lucky and thinking about it, I would use gaff for a hook or spike (like for pulling fish in the boat or for climbing a tree).

It perfectly illustrates the point though. Spell-check doesn’t know what you want to say.

]]> By: Dave Robinson http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Dave Robinson Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:06:30 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-331 I actually had to look it up to discover that according to the American Heritage Dictionary you can use gaff rather than gaffe. I was about to jump on you for that one too. However what I really wanted to mention was another trick for proofreading. If you write on screen print it out and proof on paper using a different font and size than you wrote it in. For example if you normally use Times New Roman 12 to write in, print and proof it in Courier New 14 or if your eyes can take it even Arial 14. Making it look different lets you approach your work with fresh eyes. I actually had to look it up to discover that according to the American Heritage Dictionary you can use gaff rather than gaffe. I was about to jump on you for that one too.

However what I really wanted to mention was another trick for proofreading. If you write on screen print it out and proof on paper using a different font and size than you wrote it in. For example if you normally use Times New Roman 12 to write in, print and proof it in Courier New 14 or if your eyes can take it even Arial 14. Making it look different lets you approach your work with fresh eyes.

]]> By: Michelle http://odeskinsider.com/blog/more-flubs/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Michelle Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:25:08 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=160#comment-330 Add another to your list: gaffes, not gaffs! :) Add another to your list:
gaffes, not gaffs! :)

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