Comments on: Anal Reader Behavior

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:58:45 +0000

I just loved the one where the commenter advised you to check your spelling and “grammer”.

Heh.

By: Jonathon Miller

Jonathon Miller — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:03:42 +0000

I agree. One of the worst anal readers I have is actually a friend of mine. His grammar isn’t the best and his spelling is worse, but he finds everything that I write and has to add his two cents. He comments on grammar and picks apart my content. I think he thinks he is showing support, but he is really just being annoying.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:01:50 +0000

Commenting or criticizing grammatical errors is hardly analogous to stabbing a chef for a bad meal. Maybe YOU need to lighten up, sister!

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:04:16 +0000

I’m a travel writer and I’ve noticed 90% of the comments I get at my column are to complain about something, no matter how big or small. It’s almost a game to see what I think people are going to whine about.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:44:44 +0000

You’ve been taggged!

http://articlesplus.blogspot.com/2008/11/ive-been-tagged-again.html

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:56:39 +0000

Amen!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:12:50 +0000

Thank you SO MUCH for this post. I know I’m late replying to it, but it hit home today.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:34:07 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Those who are that anal about things should try doing it sometime! I read the daily herald online every day and in 3 out of 5 stories someone comments on the grammar or a misspelled word. It’s funny cuz they think it’s important to point it out and by the time others read their comment, the error is usually fixed so they look even dumber!

My favorite quote is… “To error is Human. To really screw things up, takes a computer!”

By: steph

steph — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:34:29 +0000

Phew. Time to banish the stereotype of the typical copyeditor.

A good copyeditor is flexible, knows when to break the rules, especially to make something more readable, and is *optimistic,* or else what is her point if not to believe she can help an author become great and look like a star?

By: steph

steph — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:31:22 +0000

Meh. I’m not the red pen, nasty comments kind of editor. I’m an encouraging guide! And I know when to pick my battles. If I saw you making a mistake consistently, I would probably email you, not flog you on your blog, and I would leave things alone if it’s not consistent and obviously just a typo or something.