As I sat down to write this post, I realized that my job is basically a game of “spot the difference.” Because what is editing if it’s not finding things that are not what they’re supposed to be? On one hand, you have a tpyo, and on the other hand, you have the dictionary. The word is “typo.” Spot the difference!
And for this I spent thousands of dollars in school fees and hours upon hours of studying. HA!
Speaking of words, have you ever noticed how many four-letter words you can spell out of the letters S-P-O-T?
spot
stop
post
pots
tops
opts
Did I miss any?
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August 24, 2020 at 5:02 pm
Lol! I don’t think you missed any! A lot of words out of just one single word! Lol!
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August 12, 2020 at 11:11 pm
I bet you’re good at spotting those typoes!
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August 13, 2020 at 9:27 pm
Haha! The ones my eyes don’t catch, my ears usually do. 🙂
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August 13, 2020 at 11:55 pm
🙂 Yep. That works, too.
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August 9, 2020 at 12:48 pm
I think you hit all the ones that are actually words. There are 24 ways you can arrange the four letters, most of which aren’t words…
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August 9, 2020 at 8:46 am
I’m pretty sure you covered the bases there, Linda! I am about to do mine, better late than never!
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August 9, 2020 at 8:45 am
Spotting the difference is hard when your mind tells you you’re seeing what you expect to see. A newspaper I read online has a “spot the difference” daily feature. You have to find 10 differences between two photos. My time ranges from 00:46 to 5:50 😦
I hope you have a good week, Linda!
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August 13, 2020 at 9:37 pm
That’s why when I proofread, I have Word read the text to me. It picks out more missing words than your eyes ever can.
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August 14, 2020 at 2:08 pm
That’s a great idea.
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August 14, 2020 at 3:21 pm
I’m always amazed at how many things I miss with my eyeballs alone.
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August 9, 2020 at 3:29 am
I think you got em all there!
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August 9, 2020 at 3:15 am
Morning Linda, I think you are spot on for words made out of S P O T . Dad used to give us random words to play that game too. 💜💜💜
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August 9, 2020 at 12:48 am
Cool.
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