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Interesting Errors
This comes courtesy of my flight from Santa Marta to Bogota. The seats beside me had belt spelled correctly. I don’t know about the ones in front or behind. So, was just one sticker wrong? Was this a replacement seat … Continue reading
Typing Through the Typos
Dear readers and members of the WordPress community, I need your help. Let me explain. As of late, a friend has been pointing out the numerous typos and errors that I have been making while writing these posts. Sometimes I … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, editing, growing your blog, mistakes, travel writing, writing
Tagged blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, correction, editing, errors, typing mistakes, typos, writing
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When Life Gives You Lemons
The above photo pretty much sums up my day. I suppose I could take it a couple of different ways. I could just shrug and chuckle inwardly at the mistake. My smugness would disappear shortly after I realize that I … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bus, commuting, ESL, grammar, mistakes, school, Viva, York Region, YRT
Tagged accidents, bad grammar, blue, bus, commute, errors, ESL school, ESL teacher, fire, grammar mistakes, morning, rush hour, smoke, Viva, YRT
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Absurdly Complicated Names
Today has been full of little bummers, and although I need a perfect moment, I really wasn’t planning on writing anything. However, I came across a photo I took the other day, and it made me chuckle inwardly…..and outwardly. This … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, coffee, mistakes, restaurant
Tagged Chino, coffee, errors, Gino, mistake, mistakes, myth, names, order, Starbucks, urban legend
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July 24, 2014: Finding a Bit of the Profound in the Most Unusual of Places
As an ESL teacher, I come across lots of creative English. While my students produce their fair share of it, I am not writing to ridicule them. They are trying, and when they make the effort, mistakes are just mile … Continue reading
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Tagged cute, decoration, deep, Engrish, errors, ESL, Japan, Korea, notebooks, poem, profound, quote, teacher
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Lessons Not Learned
I seem to have made a big mistake. I have a couple of other blogs (3, actually). They are not on WordPress, but blogger. Maybe someday I will migrate them over here…. but I digress. Anyway, I guess I mistyped … Continue reading
Well Done Everyone
It was a great surprise to me, but perhaps not to most of you, but yesterday’s post on editing and errors generated a lot of great comments. I had believed that I alone had the inability to easily spot and correct … Continue reading →