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@enchantedspirit has the same problem despite being an incredibly good writer. When proofreading she, like you, __knows__ what it says and cannot see the error. She sometimes gets me to proofread for her, and I often catch something.

As for your posts, I see your errors but I read through them, that is to say, they don't interfere with my comprehension at all.

I do highly recommend Grammarly as long as you don't take it as gospel. If it flags "sy" in " I say I say I sy" I know I goofed. On the other hand, it insists that center as an html tag should comply with my British English dictionary. Basically, you either recognise the flag as correctly marking an error and change it or you don't and you leave well enough alone.  Grammarly does ___not___ always know best. It does help me though, to catch most of my mistakes.

Trust me, I'm a doctor.

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The Cambridge study is, I think, pushing our autocorrect ability pretty much to its limit. It does prove that typos are the least important errors in writing. ___If___ the reader has a high skill level in the language. Since for many of our readers English is not their first language they may have a low autocorrect threshold.

Fo rexample. See what I did? You automatically read that as "for example." If you were learning English at an early stage you would not find "rexample" in your faithful dictionary, your only true friend in the muddy waters that are the internet. In short, my sentence would have no meaning to you.

Ideally, we should be more tolerant of errors from foreigners than from ourselves. I show that in my curation. If a Filipino has a really good idea, well written apart from errors I can read through easily I may include their post. On the other hand, there are posters I do not even bother to read save once in a while to see if they have improved because I feel they should know better.

@sultnpapper, it is my understanding that writing has not been a regular part of your life until Daily Dose. (I am, of course, prepared to be proven wrong; I often am when I make assumptions about you.) Your thoughts are always worth reading and often worth promoting. You have in fact carved yourself a nice little niche. If your linguistics was perfect it would not improve your chances of inclusion. For now.

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I agree, @sultnpapper. It is really difficult to edit your own work. And I am sure I have made the same mistakes too. I do appreciate when people let me know, then I can go back and correct it. I am a bit of a prefectionist and I like my work to look good and make sense.

Proofreading your own work is very difficult!  For me, typos usually jump out at me AFTER I press the "post" button so I have to edit (and often re-edit.)  I don't mind people pointing out my errors at all.

I would also appreciate someone pointing out errors, I proof read, post, then still edit dozens of times! It's good to have someone else doing that as a new pair of eyes picks up typos, grammar etc immediately!

I worked as a copy editor for years, and as a result it's like having a nervous tic when I see mistakes like the wrong use of affect/effect, etc. But I just bite my tongue and let it pass, as in my experience, people don't like being pulled up on their grammar, no matter how gently and tactfully I try to put it! 
The one that gets me most is the misuse of the apostrophe. I can't help it! Many people just use apostrophes for decorative effect. I think it's because they think the use of apostrophes is a really complex subject - but it's not! I used to be pretty clueless about it too, and the way I learned how not to use apostrophes was that whenever I was wondering whether to write "it's or its", I would say to myself "Put the dog in it is kennel". 
These days I'm more relaxed about grammar. Bad grammar can slow you down when reading as it can be difficult to work out what the writer is really trying to say, but if it's just a few mistakes you generally get the jist. 
And as for poetic license - eg, "fixin'" - I love it. One of my favourite YouTubers, who sadly died recently, was Dutch, and he had a creative way of writing his video titles. He always used to drop the 'g' at the end of a word, and use the definite article. So instead of "Bagging Ben More", he would write: "Baggin the Ben More". I love that. 
Of course I make grammatical errors too, and you're right that it can be almost impossible to edit your own work. I find it helps to glance over it again 24 hours later.

Thank you for the SBI share! Do you know how long it takes until they take effect? The SBI from my contest last week are still being processed apparently.

Also, I feel like I should take this as a subtle hint for proof reading my recent posts right now. Heh. I must ask @buttcoin and @movement19 whether they feel the same.

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Hi, sultnpapper.. Very good writing and the good idea of blogging.I 
appreciate you.

You do have to take extra care when proof-reading your own work. The number of times I post and then have to edit to fix something. I tend to always read it AFTER posting to make double sure.

I proof read my posts many times, and still, sometimes something slips through. The grammarnazi stopped by my post the second I posted it to let me know I misspelled a word. Not sure how I missed it, but hey, it happens.

<div class="text-justify">Proofreading one's own work is definitely a challenge. My process involves a bit of spot-checking as I am writing, then proofread the whole thing at least three times before posting (preferably a time or two on the day I write it, and then with "fresh eyes" a few hours later). After posting, it gets another bit of scrutiny, yet I still find things a couple of days later, sometimes! 😝<p>
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When someone else calls attention to an error in my writing, I am grateful for both their helping to polish my work as well as for the learning experience. Sadly, I know some here who simply "flag" such comments and thereby damage the reputation of those who are merely trying to help. For that reason, I have stopped trying to help those I do not know well, but I would still do it for folks like you. Contacting via DM on Discord is definitely better than leaving a comment on posts, yes, indeed!<p>
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Now, regarding the grammar, spelling, and punctuation issue... Sometimes, it doesn't really matter in the grand-scheme of things, but <b>sometimes it does!</b> I have seen people make a rather simple error in grammar or punctuation that <b>completely</b> changes the meaning of the sentence. I am therefore, often left scratching-my-head and wondering what they were trying to say. If I have to read something more than two or three times to try to derive the meaning, I will likely abandon their writing, completely without continuing. <p>
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As a child, I was taught to do my best in all things, as that reflects on one's reputation in the world. Those who constantly complain about "grammar nazis" and have a "don't care" attitude when it comes to their writing reveal that they probably have a "don't care" attitude about other things, too.<p>
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Someone who doesn't try when it comes to grammar, punctuation, or spelling will never be chosen by me for my banker, politician, sheriff, or contractor to work on my home. If they don't care enough to be articulate in what they say, how can they be trusted? However, if someone <b>tries</b> and doesn't complain when corrected, then they have shown that they truly wish to better themselves and they care how they are perceived by others.<p>
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I cut a lot of slack to ESL folks (<em>i.e.</em>, those who have <b>E</b>nglish as a <b>S</b>econd <b>L</b>anguage), and appreciate their trying to communicate in a tongue which I understand. And in a reciprocal manner:  since there are people here from all over the world, I think we owe it to them to try to be clear with our own language, for their sake!</div>

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