And every damn time I hit Submit after gawd-only-knows-how-many-previews, is right when I notice the most glaring errors.

And that’s just the grammar (because gawd knows the lack of rhetorical acuity is worse, sigh).

…let alone those that are noticed by others. I’m sure others are better at seeing my mistakes than me. But too polite to say anything. But are laughing. I hear the laughter.

How many F’s does the following passage contain?

Finished files are the result
of years of scientific study
combined with the experience
of years…

The answer is 6. Very few people get it right the firs (or even second time)

“Beware the Jabber Wick, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jujube bird, and shun
The furious Bender Snatch!”

He took his viral sword in hand:
Long time the Manxwomen foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tutu tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in offish thought he stood,
The Jabber Wick, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffing through the tulle wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The viral blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

“And, has thou slain the Jabber Wick?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O crablouse day! Callow! Allay!’
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas billing, and the smithy toes
Did gyre and gamble in the wage;
All missy were the brogues
And the mime rats outrage.

Cute.

For some reason, reading that has an effect on me somewhat like reading Chaucer with the original spellings.

I am highly subject to that error, as well.