Stop! Read what you wrote before you publish it.

Good morning, Marte... I read, re-read, re-read everything I write... whether it's on my blog, my emails, my reports, etc.

Good morning Marte,

No one is perfect and we all make mistakes but proofing things we write can certainly help catch many poor choices of writing! I really like the corrections you made but have to admit like Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089 where do you begin the correction process on #1??

Marte, this hit home with me. I have a Monday morning post that goes to my base.  This includes a bunch of Washington Post reporters who have made my past and present client list. And at least one of them finds a typo someplace in every post I've sent.Ugh! How embarrassing!

You hit the nail in the head. I do find often journalists have a typo and sent them a suggested correction. Only once one famous jouralist sent back claimed she fixed it. 99% of others do not give a hoot or thank those caught it.

My famous example is a female realtor put an newspaper advertised a home for sale with a big DICK in the backyard.

Hello, Marte.

This post made it onto today’s list of Last Week’s Favorites on ActiveRain.So, thank you for writing it!

Marte Cliff  I check mine over several times and in the process sometimes accidentally delete some of what I wrote --- darn- You did well this week So glad  Patricia Kennedy  and Kathy Streib  Featured  you 

Marte Cliff - I read what I write several times before submitting. Unfortunately, I still find a few mistakes or thought of a better way I could have written a line or two after it was sent.

Congratulations on your FEATURE. Good advice is always welcoming. 

High Marte Cliff  Eye ugree wyth yur wurds uf wizdum!!  Yu jusd kan knot truhst spel czech.  

So appreciate  your wisdom!  Re-reading some of my old posts, I've definitely made changes.  It's so easy to form a run on sentence when it's really 2 sentences in one.  Your guidance no doubt has helped many of us in the rain! 

I love this Marte! I am amazed at the number of solicitations I get asking to help me with building a website, or marketing my business that contain grammatical errors. I suggest people read their posts out loud as reading them silently often results in the same unconscious errors. 

That sentence is poorly written, but it is not a run-on sentence. A run-on sentence has multiple independent clauses without a proper conjunction, and that sentence has only one. Notice that all other clauses are introduced either with a relative pronoun or a subordinating conjunction: "That" and "because." 

Writing can be bad and still be grammatically correct. 

I’m just glad that that detective had never been on that river

Being detail oriented separates the average from the extraordinary.

This is interesting. I see quite a few posts that seem to leave grammar at the door  :)

Great advice, Marte Cliff.  That happens often in our texting as well!  Your headline hooked me in  :)

If I don't proofread what I write, I open myself up to embarrassment and I can look foolish.

There's always room to improve when writing, Marte. I almost made a huge mistake when ordering t-shirts for a special event. Good thing I took one last look before hitting send on the order form or it would have been disastrous!

Great purposeful post. So many are trying to type as fast as they're thinking. A person's fingers aren't always keeping up with what the brain is dictating! Best to read everything you write before hitting send. - You want humans to read what you write so why not read what you wrote yourself first?