I've never had any difficulty reading, am a published professional writer, and have no difficulty with math. I got decent to excellent grades all throughout my schooling. Recently, one of my editors said that the only errors I seem to make are when I occasionally write a word that sounds like another word, but has a different meaning. It has nothing to do with vocabulary. I know what both words mean. I'll mean to write contract, but I write counter. I'll mean to write their, but I write there (and I know the difference). I want to write argumentation, but I write argumentative. I don't seem to notice it unless it's pointed out or when I do an incredibly intensive edit. This doesn't happen many times in a given piece - usually 1-3 times in a 5 page article, but it often happens. When I go back and look at it, I can see no reason why I did it. Is this a problem or is this something that happens to everyone?
2006-09-08 23:51:39 · 3 answers · asked by celerybad 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I'm a writer and I do that alot, especially in typing because you are typing about as fast as your brain is shooting out ideas and you'd be less able to catch homophones the first time around because of it. Actually writing it down slows your brain down and allows you to catch them more frequently.
I think it's just a byproduct of typing, I wouldn't be worried.
2006-09-08 23:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a problem with saying words that I don't mean to say, like the other day I told my daughter to feed the castle when I meant feed the cat.
2006-09-08 23:57:17 · answer #2 · answered by vzhnri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how much we'd like to do everything right, we're only human.
2006-09-09 00:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by northernbornsoutherner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋