Don’t Type While Under the Influence

Dearies, sometimes in life we get upset. It does occur, and Frumpie has been known to get a tad peevish at times herself. However, we should all be cautious about typing whilst being upset, sad, lonely, ornery, depressed, or just generally not in the best frame of mind.

I say this because I just read a blog diatribe by a writer who couldn’t be bothered to make verb tenses match, who used a word completely differently than its intended meaning, and whose spelling was just atrocious! It would be amusing if it weren’t so sad. This writer was particularly upset about something, as indicated by the tone and subject matter. Said writer was posting about the correct way to operate as a writer. I shan’t tell you exactly where this post resides, for that would be mean, and Frumpie doesn’t believe in being mean to people. I will say that the word in question that was used incorrectly was akin to using the word “chocolate” to mean “jalepeno pepper”. Totally different meanings, n’est pas? That was bad enough, but that the word was bolded for emphasis just makes it even sadder. Oh, and lest we forget, a plural pronoun usually deserves a verb that agrees with said plural.

Oh, the pain one causes when one doesn’t hit the Spell Check button….