Re: Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:23 AM Sunday 7/17/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, ! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) I hadn't yet. I'd been all set to do so, and then things started heading south in baskets carried by hand Thank you for the reminder! Julia and we're going to find out Real Soon Now if I actually *fixed* the plumbing emergency this morning, or if we're going to have to call a professional (and not run the dishwasher until the professional has taken care of the problem) Can you swim? I can. The stuff on the floor of the pantry can't, though, and for some reason if there's a leak in the kitchen, "downhill" means "into the pantry". :P My fix seems to have worked. Dishwasher ran and nothing failed. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
At 11:23 AM Sunday 7/17/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, ! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) I hadn't yet. I'd been all set to do so, and then things started heading south in baskets carried by hand Thank you for the reminder! Julia and we're going to find out Real Soon Now if I actually *fixed* the plumbing emergency this morning, or if we're going to have to call a professional (and not run the dishwasher until the professional has taken care of the problem) Can you swim? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, ! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) I hadn't yet. I'd been all set to do so, and then things started heading south in baskets carried by hand Thank you for the reminder! Julia and we're going to find out Real Soon Now if I actually *fixed* the plumbing emergency this morning, or if we're going to have to call a professional (and not run the dishwasher until the professional has taken care of the problem) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
Julia Thompson wrote: >> The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? >Yes it does, ! >At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) Jim Editing gaffes Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l