So this Post Gazette article was circulating around the social media stratospheres this morning…
Photo by Andrew Goldstein, Post Gazette
It’s funny, because I was JUST thinking about this today. I had an old friend on LinkedIn kindly point out a grammatical error on my website this morning, and I’m guessing it’s been there for well over a year. Whoops!
The thing is, I think I’m pretty good at catching those little mistakes – misspellings, grammatical errors, etc. However, when you’re the one working on a project, you’re usually too close to see the error. Maybe you decided to change the phrasing mid-thought, but forgot to fix the beginning to match the end (hence this morning’s blunder). Maybe you’re just typing too fast – whatever the case may be, the point is…
ALWAYS have SOMEONE else check your work. A co-worker, friend, spouse… anyone really. I’ve even had my kiddo take a look at things for me. In my defense, he also caught a typo in a National Geographic book and a pamphlet at the pediatrician’s office, but I digress. The point is, you’re less apt to catch your own mistakes. And you’re more apt to catch the mistakes of others.
#avoidable!