Like most writers, I hate it when I make an error with my grammar. However, it irritates me more on Odyssey because I can't go back and fix that error or typo. Yet, I can go back to change the title or image of the article if I wanted to.
Usually, I am a grammar nazi and always end up correcting other people. Be that as it may, I make a few mistakes from time to time. When you're a college student, you get caught up in other things and by the end of the week, you feel mentally exhausted.
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That's why I never start typing my new article for Odyssey until Friday night or Saturday morning because I don't always have time to work on it during the weekdays. When I finish writing an article, I look it over as much as I can just to check and be sure I have no typos.
However, sometimes I still miss at least one or two typos and the editors never notice it or just don't have time to change it themselves. I get that they are busy, too, but I would appreciate it if the higher up power, of Odyssey, would allow the writers to re-edit or take another look at their articles in the future in case they want to go back and fix those grammatical errors.
In high school and college, English has always been one of my favorite classes. I have always been good at English, as well as writing papers. So, whenever I make a mistake I feel like I just got smacked in the face.
No one is perfect, though, are they? Mistakes do help build our character, that's one good them about them! Other than that they can sometimes be annoying.
In my opinion, typos can ruin the moment. When you're talented at something such as creating stories and there's a slight error, it kind of defeats the whole purpose that you were trying to get through.
An American essayist and reporter, Anne Fadiman, once said, "I can imagine a few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one's life wearing a typo."Perhaps what Fadiman is trying to say is that young writers should not worry about the mistakes that they sometimes make because they are still growing and learning. They are learning how to better themselves, as well as their writing skills.
Starting by moving on from their past. However, it still wouldn't hurt to change a few typos. Again, it would be nice if Odyssey would allow the writers to be able to go back and fix their mistakes.
