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Myself | 8./21/12 | Myself

Posted on 08/21/2012 8:33:34 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative

I,like some but unlike many,make many eoors when posting.Spelling (yes,I use spell check...usually),punctuation and other errors are often made by me.Is there a way that FR can set up something like what I've seen on other forums (car forums,for example) that allow the poster to delete of edit a post after "post" has been hit? I know nothing about computers and,therefore,don't know how difficult and/or expensive it be,if it's possible at all.Thanks!


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KEYWORDS: correction; errors; faq; typos; vanity
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To: Kirkwood
Why should FR be responsible for cleaning up your lousy posts?

It's either possible or it's not.But from what I've seen elsewhere it does seem to be possible.The next issue is how difficult and/or expensive it might be to set up and maintain.But if,by chance,it's neither difficult *nor* expensive....

21 posted on 08/21/2012 8:54:51 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

There is always an “Edit’ or “Delete” option - Just post a message to “Admin Moderator”. :-)

Or, if I catch the error...

ROFL


22 posted on 08/21/2012 8:55:55 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (I wanna start a Seniors' Motor Scooter Gang. Wanna join?)
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To: Gay State Conservative; Tax-chick; Constitution Day

23 posted on 08/21/2012 8:56:10 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Your spacebar is definitely missing. That said, can you imagine how jacked up a post would flow if people changed their post after the fact? It would ruin FR.


24 posted on 08/21/2012 8:57:07 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Gay State Conservative

Thousands flee, storm peters out.

Thousands flee storm, peters out.


25 posted on 08/21/2012 8:59:06 AM PDT by preacher (Communism has only killed 100 million people: Let's give it another chance!)
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To: Kirkwood
Are you serious with that garbage? Wanting to correct a mistake is liberal now? <rolls eyes>
26 posted on 08/21/2012 9:00:52 AM PDT by SwankyC
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To: Kirkwood
Are you serious with that garbage? Wanting to correct a mistake is liberal mentality now? <rolls eyes>
27 posted on 08/21/2012 9:02:07 AM PDT by SwankyC (Math isnt science)
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To: Gay State Conservative

It’s your spell checker making all those mistakes. Intentionally. It’s pissed because you refuse to put a space in after commas and periods.


28 posted on 08/21/2012 9:05:22 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
It’s pissed because you refuse to put a space in after commas and periods.

That's not what I had in mind.Many,many years ago the nuns taught me that spaces are not placed there.I've seen over the years that some don't adhere to that,but it's the way *I* was brought up.

29 posted on 08/21/2012 9:10:44 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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To: preacher

God,that’s funny!


30 posted on 08/21/2012 9:12:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Prohibition was not erased. There’s still a record of it.


31 posted on 08/21/2012 9:15:55 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Many,many years ago the nuns taught me that spaces are not placed there.

Are we talking about "pre-Internet" or "pre-mechanical typewriter" years ago?

And were those "pre-Vatican II" or "pre-Nicean Council" nuns?

Seriously: Whatever you remember those nuns having taught you, it's time to come to grips with the fact that it's wrong.

I defy you to present a single book (the "Domesday Book" and the "Book of Kells" excepted) which adheres to such orthography!

Regards,

P.S. Are you a "Gay-State Conservative" or a "Gay State-Conservative?"

32 posted on 08/21/2012 9:26:11 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: cripplecreek

“You can amend but never erase.”

Amending is not necessary either.

Maybe it’s just me but I find it very annoying when folks post an obvious typo and 20 posts later make another post just to correct that typo. Typos are fine. If you make a mistake, just move on.


33 posted on 08/21/2012 9:29:44 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: alexander_busek

Click on my profile.Much will be revealed.


34 posted on 08/21/2012 9:32:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
That's not what I had in mind.Many,many years ago the nuns taught me that spaces are not placed there.I've seen over the years that some don't adhere to that,but it's the way *I* was brought up.

Maybe you might want to go back and read through your old school notes. I have never seen a claim, anywhere, that spaces don't belong after commas or periods. Look at any printed material, and you will see that spaces follow most punctuation. I was taught that one space separates elements within a sentence, and two spaces separate sentences.

35 posted on 08/21/2012 9:33:39 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
If you make a mistake, just move on.

If I make a mistake, I post a correct version as soon as I can, and report the incorrect version to the moderator for deletion. I also report accidental duplicate posts. The moderators are usually very good about deleting the reported posts promptly.

36 posted on 08/21/2012 9:36:33 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
...that allow the poster to delete of edit a post after "post" has been hit?

You could call it the "troll-enabling" function.

37 posted on 08/21/2012 9:40:38 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: exDemMom
I was taught that one space separates elements within a sentence, and two spaces separate sentences.

In proportional font word processing, you should avoid double spaces since it can cause weird line and paragraph breaks. I'm with you on the space following commas, periods, colons, etc. and it's hard to believe someone being taught they aren't required. That's almost as bad as typing in all caps!

http://mcli.maricopa.edu/files/dvl/Word2007-Assignment-Finished.pdf

38 posted on 08/21/2012 9:41:28 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Gay State Conservative
Many,many years ago the nuns taught me that spaces are not placed there.I've seen over the years that some don't adhere to that,but it's the way *I* was brought up.

Really. No offense, but those nuns were obviously mis-educated about the rules of English punctuation. Read any book or publication you care to. You'll see a space placed after every comma and period. That is the convention of our language (and most others).

39 posted on 08/21/2012 9:41:52 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Whore on Errorism bump


40 posted on 08/21/2012 9:43:52 AM PDT by DainBramage
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