DrmDoc Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Increasingly, suffix (-ly, -ing, -ed, etc.) omission has plagued my writing. It's particularly frustrating to find an omission after having reviewed what I've written several times both before and after making it public. Recently, for example, I wrote "actual" when I meant "actually." Errors involving sound-alike word (homonym) substitution are more agreeable to me than these seemingly small suffix errors. It's a small thing I know, but it bothers me especially after finding the error several hours after having reviewed, dozens of times, what I wrote. As far as I can tell, the error involves two aspects; a blockage in the efferent (output) command to fully execute my thoughts physically and a similar obstruction to my afferent (input) perception of correct confirmation. It's like something is standing in the way of what I want to do and is at the same time keeping me from knowing I made a mistake. What is that? Psychology or senility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 It happens to a lot of people including myself. Usually I would ask somebody else to check my work for errors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 It happens to a lot of people including myself. Usually I would ask somebody else to check my work for errors. It's just completely maddening not being able to rely on one's perceptions after a lifetime of trust building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Ugh! Now it's more than suffixes...the word is option not opposition! Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Ugh! Now it's more than suffixes...the word is option not opposition! Ugh! Slow down your thinking. Your hands are only writing what you think. That example there suggests to me you are not saying the words to yourself clearly but saying them too quickly. 'Opposition', spoken quickly, could sound like 'option'. Edited August 2, 2016 by StringJunky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Slow down your thinking. Your hands are only writing what you think. That example there suggests to me you are not saying the words to yourself clearly but saying them too quickly. 'Opposition', spoken quickly, could sound like 'option'. Excellent suggestion, I'll try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Excellent suggestion, I'll try it. Yes, it seems to me your experience at typing is going faster than you can think now. Fingers still need a brain sychronised to them to write stuff that makes sense... they can't think for themselves Edited August 2, 2016 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 I think it's the other way around, where my thoughts out pace my typing or, perhaps, I'm more focused on what I'm thinking rather than what I'm doing. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I think it's the other way around, where my thoughts out pace my typing or, perhaps, I'm more focused on what I'm thinking rather than what I'm doing. Ugh! You don't need to think what are typing if you are fluent at it. You don't think of what you speak. It's your thinking that is getting flimsy and lazy with age. Slow it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 And here I am again, the word is shudder not shutter-ugh! I read it a thousand times before I realized how rapidly mental decay (decay not decade, ugh) is overtaking or taking over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisai Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 If you are advanced in years, I suggest going to the doctor and making certain you aren't having something serious like microstrokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 If you are advanced in years, I suggest going to the doctor and making certain you aren't having something serious like microstrokes. Advanced years, maybe but I doubt a mini-stroke. This sort a thing's been happening for a while now and it only involves my writing not my thinking. However, I am due for a physical...maybe I'll get some good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Time for some new batteries.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I read a New Scientist article a few years back that suggested SOME cases of forgetfulness in old age and mistakes were not dementia at all but just normal. People forget things all the time.... when you are younger you shrug it off and don't care and just get on with it. You forgot something? So what.... when we are older and we forget something we can actually over think the situation (as we tend to be more thorough with our thinking as we age) and think we are losing our marbles, but what we are actually guilty off is forgetting that we can be quite forgetful. I am not saying that this is happening in your case with your writing - but if you think back, did this ever happen to you in the past when you were young? Did you just shrug it off in those days or even notice it? Are you actually better now at thinking so you spot your own mistakes better? I am only suggesting this as a possibility because of the article I read - it said that most cases of peoples forgetfulness in old age was just that they forgot how forgetful all humans can be. I presume/think that it could be the case with spelling/writing and doing things also. I hope you are well - and of course - I am not a medical doctor, so the usual disclaimer about getting yourself checked out professionally if you feel the need to applies here and you should take what I say with a pinch of salt. But I guess you could be just having a bad day. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Usually I would ask somebody else to check my work for errors. The last slave I asked to check my work died of overwork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethoflagos Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Errors involving sound-alike word (homonym) substitution are more agreeable to me... You're going to hate this. I'm sure you meant to type 'homophone' there/their/they're! Edited August 16, 2016 by sethoflagos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Time for some new batteries.... How does the saying goes? "There may be snow on the roof but there's ice in the oven." Or is it "fire"? Yes, it's fire! I read a New Scientist article a few years back that suggested SOME cases of forgetfulness in old age and mistakes were not dementia at all but just normal. People forget things all the time.... when you are younger you shrug it off and don't care and just get on with it. You forgot something? So what.... when we are older and we forget something we can actually over think the situation (as we tend to be more thorough with our thinking as we age) and think we are losing our marbles, but what we are actually guilty off is forgetting that we can be quite forgetful. I am not saying that this is happening in your case with your writing - but if you think back, did this ever happen to you in the past when you were young? Did you just shrug it off in those days or even notice it? Are you actually better now at thinking so you spot your own mistakes better? I am only suggesting this as a possibility because of the article I read - it said that most cases of peoples forgetfulness in old age was just that they forgot how forgetful all humans can be. I presume/think that it could be the case with spelling/writing and doing things also. I hope you are well - and of course - I am not a medical doctor, so the usual disclaimer about getting yourself checked out professionally if you feel the need to applies here and you should take what I say with a pinch of salt. But I guess you could be just having a bad day. Good luck! I think my memory is as sharp as ever, it's just the mixing of words I clearly know and have used correctly but don't notice right away when I use them incorrectly. I try to convey what I mean in as few words as possible. It's frustrating to subsequently find what I've conveyed wasn't what I meant. No doubt I'll be reviewing every line of what I'm typing here several hundred times. The last slave I asked to check my work died of overwork. Ha! You're going to hate this. I'm sure you meant to type 'homophone' there/their/they're! Ha! However, homonyms encompass both homophones and homographs. Edited August 16, 2016 by DrmDoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Now it's homonyms, the word is aisle not isle. It occurred to me in the middle of the night as I was reviewing my thoughts. Time to put Old Yeller down. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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