But rather than a donation of funds for an Editor – they must volunteer their time to work on this site as an Editor. Once, say three articles have been Edited, they can post a rant about grammar.

But barring this – I would say ignore them and clear their comments as they add nothing to the discussion… unless of course it is a discussion on grammar.

Regards,
Cheryl

Alternatively, you could have it redirect them to a view of the post where they could edit it and submit the corrections back to you.

If anyone complains, tell them to f*** off and get their own blog.

You shouldn’t feel you have to change what you’re doing because you have some picky readers. If it’s that bad, they’d stop reading and go elsewhere. Presumably they don’t, because they still find your content interesting.

If I found something I couldn’t get the ‘jist’ of I would hope I’d query this in a polite way only after taking time to think round the actual meaning.

I do try to be helpful & point out factual errors on the odd Folk Information/Publicity website ie dates or broken links, but this is always via email not public comment.

I have spent a lifetime of making spelling & grammatical errors and am not distressed by it any more, I rejoice that millions more people can & are encouraged to read, write & share thanks to the internet. My 1950′s Primary schooldays saw a higher percentage of children ‘lost’ to the written word than will, thank goodness, ever happen again.

ps Color always made more sense to me: spent many hours outside Headteacher’s door for challenging the illogicality of spelling.

Lesley aka @EnglishFolkfan

No my grammar issues while maybe effected by Dyslexia are down to me and me alone, I don’t want people to think I want to be “let off”, simply does it genuinely effect your ability to read my thoughts?

I too like Carolyn’s idea. While I think great grammar makes articles easier to understand, I don’t think yours impedes the point of your articles. I think you have so much good stuff to share, it’d be a shame to stop, or to slow down your posting just because you have to wait for an edit (or wait until you have a little extra cash to hire one).

Good luck!

Don’t give up writing, please – your ideas are definitely worth the handful of tiny errors that you make. There will always be a vocal minority of dimwits on the internet that find it easier to criticise spelling/grammar than contribute to the debate.

tl;dr – keep writing and ignore the trolls

PS. I’m sure there are errors in this comment but it’s a blog comment, not War & Peace so they can stay.

In all honesty, though, I’m not sure. Sure, on first read your grammar irks me a little – but that’s because I’ve been trained over the years to root out grammar mistakes (which makes sense when proof reading everything except your own writing!) But then again, being dyslexic no-one can expect you to get the spelling and grammar perfect – I imagine it’d be akin to sending me out on a football field and telling me to get the ball in the goal 10 times. And there’s no way on earth I expect to be able to do that.

But it begs a question – do you want to have to make the “I’m dyslexic” statement on your blog? It really depends what kind of readership you’re trying to get – if you want people who already know you produce quality content, who can read past the presentation to what’s behind it, then I think you’re absolutely fine (but implement Carolyn’s idea anyway, because it will make people stop and think). If you’re trying to extend the audience of your blog and think that your grammar might put off new readers, then that’s a different question.

And to be honest, I wouldn’t find it out of the question to pay for your blog content. But I enjoy reading your blog, and I believe quality content should be reimbursed somewhere along the line (but I’d want to see more regular posts for that!).

But if, as you say, it’s just a place for your musings and thoughts, then it’s absolutely fine as it is. If people can’t see past the presentation to the content, they’re probably not really going to read it properly anyway.