ohiogent
09-20-2007, 02:33 PM
I am really struggling with typing. I can type and speak pretty well I think but I do make mistakes.
I make grammar mistakes.
I make spacing misakes.
I make punctuation mistakes.
I even make spelling mistakes.
I failed to underline book titles.
I do not even know how to underline on these message boards anyway.
No matter how much I check what I type, I am bound to make some mistakes. I can be thinking about a post that I made days ago and I can recall that I maybe used an incorrect word or phrase. This starts the entire OCD cycle over again.
I have been editing my posts and trying to fix these mistakes but it is wearing me out. If I made such huge errors that the message was misunderstood is one thing. But what if the errors are minor, and the reader would still understand what I was trying to convey. Even in those cases I am going back and editing and correcting.
Then after I edit, I often obsess that is not good enough as the thread is not "bumped" up due to an edit and a reader that already saw the original post would most likely not see the edited post. I have even started a new thread pointing out the edited posts my obsession was so strong.
Part of my thinking really does think this is good as my comments are made clearer. Part of my thinking though figures that my orginal comments, even with minor mistakes, were clear enough.. But that is part of my OCD.. I can never type well enough... I can never speak well enough. This is really wearing me out.
I live in the United States. With that said, I have made errors on punctuation under United States punctuation rules and wanted to clarify the placement of a period after I quoted some text from the book, Brain Lock. There are British punctuation rules that differ from United States punctuation rules. The British punctuation rules would have the placement of the period in the case that I used the way that I typed it; after the quotation mark.
The United States punctuation rules would have that period inside the quotation mark. In that instance, I should have and meant to type the comments (with the book title added and some of the wording cleaned up)
as follows:
I was skimming and reviewing the book, Brain Lock, reviewing some of the book, and I see this statement made in the book, "Succumbing to the notion that you can do nothing else until the thought or the urge passes is the road to hell." That comment really bothered me. How could he make a comment that is so incorrect? The road to hell is the road chosen for people that fail to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior; fail to put their faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.
The good news is that if a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Savior; putting their faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins, they will be saved and they will go to heaven, not hell.
I make grammar mistakes.
I make spacing misakes.
I make punctuation mistakes.
I even make spelling mistakes.
I failed to underline book titles.
I do not even know how to underline on these message boards anyway.
No matter how much I check what I type, I am bound to make some mistakes. I can be thinking about a post that I made days ago and I can recall that I maybe used an incorrect word or phrase. This starts the entire OCD cycle over again.
I have been editing my posts and trying to fix these mistakes but it is wearing me out. If I made such huge errors that the message was misunderstood is one thing. But what if the errors are minor, and the reader would still understand what I was trying to convey. Even in those cases I am going back and editing and correcting.
Then after I edit, I often obsess that is not good enough as the thread is not "bumped" up due to an edit and a reader that already saw the original post would most likely not see the edited post. I have even started a new thread pointing out the edited posts my obsession was so strong.
Part of my thinking really does think this is good as my comments are made clearer. Part of my thinking though figures that my orginal comments, even with minor mistakes, were clear enough.. But that is part of my OCD.. I can never type well enough... I can never speak well enough. This is really wearing me out.
I live in the United States. With that said, I have made errors on punctuation under United States punctuation rules and wanted to clarify the placement of a period after I quoted some text from the book, Brain Lock. There are British punctuation rules that differ from United States punctuation rules. The British punctuation rules would have the placement of the period in the case that I used the way that I typed it; after the quotation mark.
The United States punctuation rules would have that period inside the quotation mark. In that instance, I should have and meant to type the comments (with the book title added and some of the wording cleaned up)
as follows:
I was skimming and reviewing the book, Brain Lock, reviewing some of the book, and I see this statement made in the book, "Succumbing to the notion that you can do nothing else until the thought or the urge passes is the road to hell." That comment really bothered me. How could he make a comment that is so incorrect? The road to hell is the road chosen for people that fail to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior; fail to put their faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.
The good news is that if a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Savior; putting their faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins, they will be saved and they will go to heaven, not hell.
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Kathrin74
09-20-2007, 02:38 PM
Ohio, you are just wayyy too hard on yourself. It is ok to make punctuation and grammar mistakes sometimes. And typos. I don't even usually re-read my posts (they're probably full of typos).
seriousperson
09-21-2007, 12:54 AM
ohiogent,
It's good that you recognize that this is part of your OCD.
There's that method called ERP (Exposure and Response Therapy), which would basically mean that you would resist editing a mistake until the anxiety and urge to edit it had passed. It seems like it would be best to start with a small, intentional mistake that you know would not matter in the large scheme of things. Like maybe you could use the word "no" when you mean the word "know." We've all seen posts with this error, yet we understood what was intended (although it does bug us obsessive grammar types).
Slightly off topic: Have you ever read the book Eats, Shoots, and Leaves?
You could read a synopsis of it online. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's written by someone who's obsessed by correct punctuation, and it is about correct punctuation, both British and American.
It's good that you recognize that this is part of your OCD.
There's that method called ERP (Exposure and Response Therapy), which would basically mean that you would resist editing a mistake until the anxiety and urge to edit it had passed. It seems like it would be best to start with a small, intentional mistake that you know would not matter in the large scheme of things. Like maybe you could use the word "no" when you mean the word "know." We've all seen posts with this error, yet we understood what was intended (although it does bug us obsessive grammar types).
Slightly off topic: Have you ever read the book Eats, Shoots, and Leaves?
You could read a synopsis of it online. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's written by someone who's obsessed by correct punctuation, and it is about correct punctuation, both British and American.