Haole Girl
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Fri Jan-12-07 10:21 AM
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Have you ever tried to write an email.... |
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..and, right in the middle of composing it
someone interrupts your train of thought...
(Let me just show you what I bought.) ...
And you don't notice, until after you've sent the e-mail,
that you look like a blithering idiot---
because there's a blaring typo... including
very poor grammar? grrr...
I swear, sometimes I can't get anything right.
I am, officially, an idiot.
*sigh*
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:13 AM
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1. Or you are having a conversation with someone and |
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out of the corner of your eye, you see something that catches your attention and you totally go blank about what you were talking about!
I hate it when that happens!
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Haole Girl
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:14 AM
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2. Hey, thanks madinmaryland |
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Edited on Fri Jan-12-07 11:16 AM by KC2
on edit...
I was just beginning to feel like nobody cared. :hi:
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:18 AM
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3. a couple of days ago i was writing to someone when a friend of mine called |
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and i addressed the email with my friends name.
not only was it dumb but also my friends name is someone this other person has bad history with.
not my brightest moment
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Haole Girl
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:20 AM
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That does sound so much like something I would do, myself. Hope it all turned out okay. :hug:
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:22 AM
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6. yes the person i was emailing was very nice and rational about it. |
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:21 AM
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you were half way through typing a sentence when you get interrupted. When you resume, you have forgotten exactly what the sentence was, and think you were saying something different. You don't bother to reread what you wrote, and consequently you send something that is completely nonsensical.
:hi:
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Haole Girl
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:25 AM
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You described it well. :cry:
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:23 AM
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7. I subscribe to the "make a mess" then revise school of writing |
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Edited on Fri Jan-12-07 11:24 AM by Strawman
My first draft writing is always very messy, and then I revise. Around here, I often jump the gun on submitting posts then realize that I've made mistakes (esp. typos and grammatical errors) that probably make me look like a moron. Then I'll go back and edit. I know to some bloggers that's a no-no, but as long as they're not fundamental changes to arguments, I think it's fine to edit posts to clarify or to correct spelling and/or grammar. I'm constantly editing.
But yeah, when one sends a business email prematurely that cannot be recalled quickly enough, that sucks. Everyone does it though, so I don't judge too harshly when I get one. I've done it.
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:25 AM
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9. I always write too many words |
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If I am writing anything that I care about, I write it and then go through it with a fine toothcomb, looking for ways I can reduce the number of words while expressing the same meaning.
Perfection is achieved when no more words can be removed. :D
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Haole Girl
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:27 AM
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10. I just wish I didn't do it so often. |
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And, I do know what you mean about liking to post first, and then go back and edit. I like to do that also. But, it does bug me to see the read letters showing the time I edited something....something about red...must be all those scribbles from my teachers when I was in school. :-(
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:28 AM
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12. I hate having to edit |
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Those red letters just say to me I screwed up! x(
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:29 AM
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But i can't let typos go uncorrected! x(
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:35 AM
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I'm smart enough to realize I screwed up. :)
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:28 AM
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I've done it with posts too.:blush:
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:30 AM
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:29 AM
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13. The last thing I put in an email |
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is the to line (the address to which I am sending it.) I make mine as short and to the point as possible. Spell check, reread and when its ready to launch I fill in the address. This is also a good practice for things you put in the draft box so you don't accidently send something you have rethought.
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:31 AM
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16. All good suggestions.. |
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..now, will I be discipled enough to do that? That's another question. Thanks! ;-)
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:36 AM
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19. Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right! |
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:34 AM
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17. As a person who experiences "brain farts" with alarming frequency... |
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:59 AM
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