WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Site Notes: Comment editing is now live.
byVanderleunonFebruary 2, 2022
You asked for it. You got it. I’ve switched out commenting plugin to allow everyone who comments 5 (count ’em FIVE!) minutes to hop back into your comment and correct any misstatement, misspelling, or even Miss Information.
Take it out for a drive here… or elsewhere when you really need it.
I don’t think Gerard meant to imply that the thing would edit itself.
patvannFebruary 3, 2022, 10:16 AM
lol!
Kevin in PAFebruary 2, 2022, 11:06 AM
TEST.
Hey!
It works.
….and just who is this G.G. Chief of Ordnance character?
Snakepit KansasFebruary 3, 2022, 10:08 AM
Chief of Ordnance vs. Chief of Ordinance. I want that first title.
FredFebruary 2, 2022, 11:07 AM
As an editor who often finds his most egregious errors on his second read-through, I thank you for your new five-minute rule. Because what I want is for readers to go away thinking “what incisive prose,” not “what a freshly minted moron this man must be!”
JackFebruary 2, 2022, 2:23 PM
Ha…good luck with that. We’re all bozos on this bus. We know it and for the most part accept that about ourselves and our comrades.
And btw, thanks Gerard. It’s a great new feature and we appreciate it.
DennyFebruary 2, 2022, 11:29 AM
Great, now how do we fix “stupid”.
VanderleunFebruary 2, 2022, 11:40 AM
You can’t fix stupid becauze…
DennyFebruary 2, 2022, 12:06 PM
Forgot (?) after “stupid”
Uncle MikeyFebruary 2, 2022, 11:35 AM
I was beaten daily with an AP Stylebook for a couple of years, so I never make misteax
As a wretched “Grammar Nazi” of exemplary scrupulosity this will come in quite handy indeed.
(3 minutes later)
Ja, es funktioniert sehr gut! Danke!
PA CatFebruary 2, 2022, 3:27 PM
Your exemplary scrupulosity evidently does not extend to catching dangling modifiers at the beginning of sentences: the new feature (“this”) is not the “Grammar Nazi,” you are. A scrupulously correct sentence would read something like this: “As a wretched ‘Grammar Nazi,’ I expect to find the new feature quite handy.”
Don’t feel bad– I work as a copy editor as well as a writer, and I often find danglers in journal articles and book manuscripts written by academics (i.e., not journalists) who should know better. OTOH, there may be something about completing an M.D. or Ph.D. that causes these folks to forget the basic rules of English sentence construction, punctuation, and spelling.
Nothing would better destroy my writing and grammar than to study for a Ph. D. I was raised on, and came to adopt as my own, William Strunk Jr.’s “The Elements of Style”. And the study of German, French and Spanish greatly improved my English grammar. Usually I write formally—even when sending a text—but on occasion, as the above—I grow careless. And a true Grammar Nazi can never be careless.
Me Too!! As a “phonetic” reader since age 4 my spelling has always been somewhat
Problematic. What I would really like are some red warning underlines.
As fot the 5 minutes? It is usually the next morning before I think of a better word
I could have used …… (should have?)
I dated a Miss Information for a few months in 1978. Pretty, but AOL-level ignorant.
She literally knew nothing, but she would loudly expound on it (any subject) anyway.
A Koi fish would’ve made a better argument in every case.
As a no-touch typer I almost always find surprises when I look up from the keyboard. Maybe I’ll be able to correct moor of them with the 5 minute replay.
Brian_EFebruary 4, 2022, 12:21 PM
Gerard,
Thank you ever so much for adding the ability to edit a comment, even if only for the first 5 minutes after posting. I frequent other sites, and this will cover the vast majority of ‘oops’ or ‘wrong word/poor phrasing’ issues – as I nearly always read my posts AFTER posting, just to see what errors crept in between last ‘proofread’ and actual posting. 😉
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Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
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I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
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And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
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Poets wrote down words that did fit
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Your heart will be strong
About it
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Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
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Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
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Leave it all for a while
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And your worries behind
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Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
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Until I see
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I see my light
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You asked for it. You got it. I’ve switched out commenting plugin to allow everyone who comments 5 (count ’em FIVE!) minutes to hop back into your comment and correct any misstatement, misspelling, or even Miss Information.
Gerard Van der Leun
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hay; thanx 4 thot, thing !
I don’t think Gerard meant to imply that the thing would edit itself.
lol!
TEST.
Hey!
It works.
….and just who is this G.G. Chief of Ordnance character?
Chief of Ordnance vs. Chief of Ordinance. I want that first title.
As an editor who often finds his most egregious errors on his second read-through, I thank you for your new five-minute rule. Because what I want is for readers to go away thinking “what incisive prose,” not “what a freshly minted moron this man must be!”
Ha…good luck with that. We’re all bozos on this bus. We know it and for the most part accept that about ourselves and our comrades.
And btw, thanks Gerard. It’s a great new feature and we appreciate it.
Great, now how do we fix “stupid”.
You can’t fix stupid becauze…
Forgot (?) after “stupid”
I was beaten daily with an AP Stylebook for a couple of years, so I never make misteax
Me nether!
As a wretched “Grammar Nazi” of exemplary scrupulosity this will come in quite handy indeed.
(3 minutes later)
Ja, es funktioniert sehr gut! Danke!
Your exemplary scrupulosity evidently does not extend to catching dangling modifiers at the beginning of sentences: the new feature (“this”) is not the “Grammar Nazi,” you are. A scrupulously correct sentence would read something like this: “As a wretched ‘Grammar Nazi,’ I expect to find the new feature quite handy.”
Don’t feel bad– I work as a copy editor as well as a writer, and I often find danglers in journal articles and book manuscripts written by academics (i.e., not journalists) who should know better. OTOH, there may be something about completing an M.D. or Ph.D. that causes these folks to forget the basic rules of English sentence construction, punctuation, and spelling.
Ich verstehe, und ich bin mit dir einverstanden.
Nothing would better destroy my writing and grammar than to study for a Ph. D. I was raised on, and came to adopt as my own, William Strunk Jr.’s “The Elements of Style”. And the study of German, French and Spanish greatly improved my English grammar. Usually I write formally—even when sending a text—but on occasion, as the above—I grow careless. And a true Grammar Nazi can never be careless.
I bet Miss Olive had a paw in this decision.
As a member of the self entitled proletariat, I wonder when we can get comment reply notification?
It (werks?) works!
Can we do HTML formatting as well? Asking for a friend.
I don’t know. I can DO IT TO IT from my position but
I have- “powers”
not granted
to most mortals!
NOW I will TRY IT from the ordinary commenting box.
…. And it
seems to workDOES WORK for basic html codes!always could.
The countdown timer is a nice touch, Gerard.
…feelin’ lucky? well, are ya?
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Oh, oh- Now I have no excuse for my ‘mistakes’.
Me Too!! As a “phonetic” reader since age 4 my spelling has always been somewhat
Problematic. What I would really like are some red warning underlines.
As fot the 5 minutes? It is usually the next morning before I think of a better word
I could have used …… (should have?)
My arthritic fingers thank you.
Why do I feel like I’m being scissored?
Dirk
Testing fat fingers on itty bitty phone here…
I dated a Miss Information for a few months in 1978. Pretty, but AOL-level ignorant.
She literally knew nothing, but she would loudly expound on it (any subject) anyway.
A Koi fish would’ve made a better argument in every case.
As a no-touch typer I almost always find surprises when I look up from the keyboard. Maybe I’ll be able to correct moor of them with the 5 minute replay.
Gerard,
Thank you ever so much for adding the ability to edit a comment, even if only for the first 5 minutes after posting. I frequent other sites, and this will cover the vast majority of ‘oops’ or ‘wrong word/poor phrasing’ issues – as I nearly always read my posts AFTER posting, just to see what errors crept in between last ‘proofread’ and actual posting. 😉
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