The Romance

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Child Of Midian" <md at ...> wrote:

md:
> My apostrophe misuse actually stems from a form of dyslexia I have, my mind
> automatically favors certain spellings of homonyms and automatically adds
> apostrophes when I ad "s" to the ends of words, it's an issue my mind has
> with symbols. I only catch my errors after I let the writing sit for a while
> and then go back or if I have someone else proofread for me. It only effects
> my writing, I'm quite proficient at proofing / grading the writing of
> others.

Geoff:
Point taken.

However, you've highlighted the solution yourself... "let the writing sit 
for a while".

I usually proof read one of my messages three or four times, especially 
if it's a longer one and it is surprising how frequently a typing error will 
slip through on the first couple of checks.

And then, of course, you spot a mistake two seconds after you click 
on "Send"
:-(

Speaking generally, I'm always surprised how often contributors have 
problems with apostrophes. After all, they are used with possessives 
(except its) and contractions such as "I'm" or "they've". Some people 
seem to be related to Data in Star Trek and have problems in this area.
:-)