04-30-05  13:52, Ardith Hinton told James Bradley about Dogs & Kids

 How do, Ardith?

 JB>>  I suspect a kid that wonders is much the same ball of wax.
 
 JB>  See... I was pushing my pain threshold, and now I spot all
 JB>  sorts of idiocy. I had originally typed "wander" and on
 JB>  first revision *corrected* it to "wonder."

 AH> Not to worry... I've marked a lot of grade eight English
 AH> papers in  my time, so I knew what you meant!  I generally apply fuzzy 
 AH> logic to the spellings other people use when I'm trying to 
 AH> understand what they're saying.  If it's my duty to correct 
 AH> their spelling, or if they've specifically asked me to do 
 AH> that, I'll consciously focus on left brain input & re-read 
 AH> the material... [chuckle].
 
LOL! I've been meaning to check into the English_Tutor echo, just to sort
some things out that I never bothered to learn. No need for you to bring
your work home with you. (Even though I know your profession always does.
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 AH> I often wait until the next day to post whatever I've
 AH> written  because I'm more likely to notice certain errors that way 
 AH> too.  But in a lot of cases I don't see them until they've 
 AH> scanned out, and I feel very embarrassed....  :-))

See, that's what's missing when I tear up, (Guess that could read two
ways.) and feel the need for speed. (Securing the Hinton goggles. ;-)

 AH> P.S.  I identify with people who wonder.  Recently Nora has 
 AH> been saying "I have a weird question for you."  I keep 
 AH> assuring her I love weird questions....  ;-)

How sweet!

I was invited into a seniors support group, and was floored when a couple
of them said, "I have a silly question." or "This is likely
a stupid question." I thought that that kind of embarrassment was only
for the young foolish types, but there they were...



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