As I've mentioned before, I study English at my college. But that doesn't mean I always have the ability to recognize when I'm writing nonsense or gibberish. I grew up in the world of autocorrected spelling and parents who thought hooked on phonics was for sissy. Now I suck at the world.
The only thing in college I ever outright flunked was a spelling test. Which I studied days for. Because of this, my technical writing self esteem is just as lower as my actual technical writing. And whenever I find proofreaders I tend to latch on and not let go. Something about their superpower to tell the difference between tenet and tenant makes me swoon. Sometimes I don't think proofreaders understand how important they are to me. They make me feel so much less stupid.
If I ever meet a proofreader, I'll be sure to send them your way. They'll probably appreciate your appreciation, until they realize it's just an underhanded tactic to make them feel included in things they aren't really included in for no reason other than to boost your self importance by helping the loner proofreader kid. Then they'll probably cry for days alone in their room and delete your number (although you won't give it to them until months later).
ReplyDeleteJk.
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I proofread! You can msg me anything you want me to edit!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Elizabeth... Yunneshel92, I'm sorry!
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