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When I was younger, I never had problems with homophones. I knew the difference between where and wear, their and there and they’re, and my spelling was fine. Oh, some problems with that versus which but other than that…
But I swear, now I hear the words in my head, and I hear them wrong. I recently referred to the show “What Not To Where” and when I discovered it, I was appalled.
All I know is, I don’t have the life experience and practices to check for these kinds of mistakes. Yet. And I hate it: areas where I thought I was good, I am not. I am not good at so many things that I can casually afford to lose one.
Is this an age thing? Is it because I passed some magical number? Or was it the brain surgery?
If I’m not alone, maybe I can put up with this.[1]
John
1. Well, actually, I’ll put up with this either way, but once I had one brain tumour, I’m usually afraid that I’ll get another one, so it would set my mind at ease if I discovered that this happens to other people too.
Great at theory, terrible at practice.
Actually, it’s a sign of you being more aware of your mistakes in my experience, not that you didn’t make them…well, that and rushing on the first draft
.When I started editing the things I’d written with voice recognition (VR) when my hands were so bad I couldn’t type at all, I blamed VR for weird word replacements, things that were similar but not the right word. A couple years later, I found the same pattern and realized it was in what I’d hand typed. The problem was I was moving so fast my hands just dumped whatever worked into the spot and moved on in the hopes of keeping up (or so I tell myself).
Hugs on the doubting, but in this you’re probably safe to accept and not worry. Just know you need to keep an eye out for them, and for further comfort, go back to some old manuscripts. Odds are you’ll find the same problem…you just didn’t notice it then.
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https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/I’m afraid I also have to think more and more about homophones.
My worst is one and won. “I’ll just have won bite.” That one is driving me crazy, though I always catch as soon as I type w.
Than and then — I use them right (so far), but I’ve seen them misused so many times that I’ve started analyzing any sentence that contains them, and it’s slowing down my reading.
I suppose it’s an age thing. At least, I don’t remember having this problem ten years ago.
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http://www.djsalisburybooks.com/Dead-Wizard-s-Loot.htmlI’ve been fighting this problem for about ten years now (I’m 53). Drives me absolutely bonkers. I’ll mean to type here, but I type hear instead. I usually catch myself in the act, but it’s annoying, because, like you, I know the difference! My brain is forsaking me.
Hear (did it again) and here are my worst ones, but the others will try to trip me up as well. It’s as if my brain and fingers are pranking me.
It’s dfficult to tell. I did read the other day that brain injuries (and what is an operation up there but a brain injury) sometimes showed up with defects years later. I’m wondering if my abberations are from the whop my head took when I fell; the side effects of the pressure from the brain bleed; side effects from the operation to fix the subaracanoid (sp) bleed; age; medication, and a spell cast by the cat (better food or else) on and on.
There’s probably nothing to be done; or as I’ve read the French say “Vie de merde”.
Do you have a smart doctor you can ask? Sometimes a smart one can alievieate worries, with he opposite making things worse.
MarFisk wrote:and for further comfort, go back to some old manuscripts. Odds are you’ll find the same problem…you just didn’t notice it then.Last night a ‘there’ for ‘their’ in a ten year+ old manuscript.
Mine is They’re; I usually type Their.
I think it’s as much our fingers are programmed to a certain way and our mind has passed that word and is thinking about the next word by the time we’re actually typing it.
Is it an age thing . . . ? Just look at today’s youth. Many of them have posts, texts, emails, blogs etc . . . full of it. Your/You’re being one I see a lot.
Although, sadly, with the newer generations, in some cases I think it is ill education and not caring, rather than actual errors.
But, as long as we are aware and try to limit it and more importantly catch it in edits. All’s good.
Giddy
I have the bad habit of combining one and won into wone. I catch it as soon as I complete it, but this, along with a tendency to type “is” instead of “his” drives me nuts.
Ashe Elton Parker
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~*~I’m thinking you’re onto something Ashe. Let’s just start combining words to make things go faster. I like wone. What else can we combine? Heris for His and Hers, no more worrying about gender. lol.
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