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So as many of you may tell from time to time I tend to have a few grammatical errors here and there.  And if I took the time to review my writing I could possibly correct the issues, but I get lazy.

This phobia infested itself in me when I was a mere child.  In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I was home-schooled from 6th-8th grade.  My mom was quite the brilliant teacher.  She was a bio-chemist, editor, accountant, etc throughout her career lifetime.  So all the mathematical, grammar, and scientific skills she had was in abundance.  Genetics did pass on an understanding of the numbers, however when it came to the grammar/editorial skills, I think I was a bit jipped.

I would write essays and such in school and have my mom review/correct the paper.  I’m sure you know how it is, you finish the assignment, feel a sense of relief and then 5-30 minutes the assignment comes back into my hands dripping with red correction ink all over it!  It’s like a murder scene on paper.  Once where my words of wisdom and genius where untouched and out for the world to see where now covered with crossing out marks, underlined marks, striked through lines, and corrections over them.  Don’t get me wrong, if I made the changes my mom suggested for the public school teachers I would typically get an A.  But that red pen still sends shivers down my spine. 

So now when it comes down to it, it’s just too painful to go back and review the master pieces of english I have imparted on you all. So if you come across a mispelling, fragment, or run on sentence every now and again, I apologize up front for the frustration. 

Along with that I have recently found out I have a serious issue with spoonerism as well.  It’s were you (deliberately) or possibly subconsciously play on words. 

For example:

Wear do you want to go after work?  Of course I meant wHERE but my subconscious was thinking ahead of itself and typing the wrong word.  Again maybe this is a sign of genius in some potential form.  I always heard that if you couldn’t remember something and then think upon it later with the answer without knowing you brain is still contemplating it is a sign of genius.  I’d like to think that’s the case here as well…What do you think?

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