Sunday, September 19, 2010
Error (Kevin)
As you said, this was hard read. But after reading it, looking at blog posts and going over your questions in the E-mail you sent out I think I got the gist of it. Joseph Williams is saying that an error depends on different things. Some errors are more important that others, I see this being true using the words "your and you're." I always see while I'm texting, talking on Facebook or even Skype that most people use the word, your, just because its faster to type. This is more likely to be ignored other than when someone says "so and so and me" instead of "so and so and I. When I see this I correct it right away, I may not say it to the person but I will see it right away. But that may just be what I think, which is another one of Williams' points, that errors are more or less serious depending on who sees them, and what people determine are errors. The "game" Williams talks about at the end of the paper, at least what I think it is, is that if you found any errors in this paper, without going back through, you should send them in to Professor Hairston so she can tally the errors and see what is more seen as an error and what is not.
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Good example, Kevin. You'RE (heh) right on for the most part - although the "game" involves a bit more than just "finding any errors"...
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