Tuesday, June 25, 2013
My Brain is Sprained
On a consistent basis, I drop a word, usually a preposition, conjunction or noun. I have to read my blog posts over and over again, about five times on average, before I detect the missing word. I used to produce near-perfect copy. I think it is a sign of decay that will only get worse as time goes on. However, I find consolation in mainstream media sites, such as CNN and MSNBC, which display the same human frailty.
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That happens to me all the time. I leave out "on", or type "and" instead. I type pretty fast and often I think the word but don't type it. I'll never see the missing or misspelled word because I am really not reading what I wrote as much as I am "reading" what I was thinking. Then, again, it could be that new disease, "Digital Dementia". :(
Being a fast typist may be correlated to the disorder. I don't look at the keyboard when typing.
It is interesting that active verbs, adverbs, proper nouns and adjectives seem immune to this disorder. Passive verbs, conjunctions, prepositions and common nouns are most likely to be dropped.
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