Should Suns should follow Hornets plan?

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Between being a fast typer and with autocorrect that is me in a nutshell. Plus I like to get my thoughts on paper so to speak before any proof reading. I just don’t catch things until after. Especially when autocorrect has changed things I didn’t notice. I know some people won’t finish a sentence until they proof read but that’s not me.

It’s weird though. Because I am in a leadership position at work I proof read the crap out of my emails before I send them out. Forums and social media? I just let it flow more like a conversation so I am nowhere near as meticulous.

I think the best thoughts come when their mind is allowed to flow freely. So I try to get my thoughts down as quickly as possible for content but invariably it needs editing.

You are right about emails. I read them and read them again for content. Some people do not proof their emails and they can come across with unintended consequences.
 

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Thankfully, editing is easy... mistakes are much more visible after you've posted something...
 

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What's your point with putting "I" inside my post?
As an observer, but a poster, I am trying to figure out if this refers to someone doing an FTFY or if it refers to something else.

In all these years, I have twice made a grammatical correction to someone's post when quoting it. But I decided to never do that again.

The post being quoted should stand as posted. It may be commented on, but you can't change history. 'Just an observation.

Unless I am misreading the post.

And I have to stop editing (correcting) my post after I posted it, which I have done a couple of times recently.

Posting etiquette.
 

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And I have to stop editing (correcting) my post after I posted it, which I have done a couple of times recently.

Posting etiquette.

I don't have any problem with people fixing spelling or grammar in their posts after posting them.

When I post from my phone haste and auto-fill causes me to make mistakes that make me cringe later, such as the wrong usage of 'their, they're and there'. I twitch a little when I see others mix those up, when I post such a mistake myself... I cringe.

Recognizing an error and fixing it will help you not make the same mistake on the next go around.

Now, if someone were to go back and change a stance they took retrospectively... I'd consider that a big time no-no, obviously.
 

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I don't have any problem with people fixing spelling or grammar in their posts after posting them.

When I post from my phone haste and auto-fill causes me to make mistakes that make me cringe later, such as the wrong usage of 'their, they're and there'. I twitch a little when I see others mix those up, when I post such a mistake myself... I cringe.

Recognizing an error and fixing it will help you not make the same mistake on the next go around.

Now, if someone were to go back and change a stance they took retrospectively... I'd consider that a big time no-no, obviously.

I don't either. I'm an I before E screw-up. I frequently type it incorrectly and then usually have to post edit. I know the rule, I even know the exceptions but my fingers are faster than my brain these days. But if someone has already responded to my post, I tend to add a line prefaced by EDIT so that it doesn't look like the responder did something to my original post.
 

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As an observer, but a poster, I am trying to figure out if this refers to someone doing an FTFY or if it refers to something else.

In all these years, I have twice made a grammatical correction to someone's post when quoting it. But I decided to never do that again.

The post being quoted should stand as posted. It may be commented on, but you can't change history. 'Just an observation.

Unless I am misreading the post.

And I have to stop editing (correcting) my post after I posted it, which I have done a couple of times recently.

Posting etiquette.

I never edit the post of someone else. IMO, it's presumptuous.

If someone does a FTFY to me as long as the change is obvious, clear and done in fun, I don't make a fuss.

I do edit the grammar of my own post or add a brief comment in the couple minutes allowed to improve the content. I never do it to change meaning.
 

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