Blogging Peeves

I love blogging and I love reading other people ' s blogs. But I have a few peeves (of which I cannot claim I have never committed) that just irritate me.Select the correct word. There is a huge difference between they ' re, their, and there; and reign and rein; and its and it ' s. And I can go on. If you aren ' t sure, look it up ondictionary.com orthesaurus.com for help. It will really help people decipher what you are writing about.Spelling, spelling, spelling. If your blog app indicates a word is wrong or autocorrects to something you don ' t understand, correct it. How many people ' s resumes include the term that they were the ' manger ' of a department because the omitted ' a ' in manager becomes manger. Or when I worked for a legal non profit the omitted ' l ' in public. Punctuation wasn ' t taught as an optional part of studying the English language. Its important. Run on sentences are one thing. But if you type an entire paragraph without using a single comma something might be incorrect.I am not perfect. My high school English teacher told me I would never be a writer. Through my career I have done a lot of editing other people ' s writings and have learned the importance usage, spelling and punctuation. After I write each blog post I usually go back and read it before posting. I have also been known to reread earlier posts and go back and make corrections.A blog may be the result of a stream of consciousness that just pours out. But editing is usual...
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