How to correct posts?

Question

I've looked around to find the answer so I'm sorry if it's covered somewhere. When someone makes a comment on a post with a correction, should my correction show the previous error (with the error crossed out) , or should the post simply be edited to reflect the correction?

Answer 1

Definitely, definitely, definitely show the error crossed out! (If you need help crossing out, let me know ).

But anyway, a little pet peeve of mine is when I'm on a thread (usually a daily thread) and a correction will be made through a comment. The post will be edited to reflect that comment. But, now, here I am left wondering what the poster had originally. For all I know, it could be a mistake that I often make!

So I've made it a habit of mine to cross out the words that the corrector has taken out, and I "bold face" the words that I should add in.

So now everybody who comes across my post will see the mistakes I've made..and hopefully they will learn from them, too!!!!!

Wow, lighting fast response. I'm going to go back now and correct my correction - thank you. - elainepnj, Jul 28, 2011

Oh no, thank you for making the correction. You really are helping us all :) - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 28, 2011

I'd like to know how to cross out, thanks. - lagartijaverde, Jul 28, 2011

Sure, Birdland! I'll post a response on this thread shortly :) - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 28, 2011

Answer 2

For those of you who don't know how to cross out, don't worry. It's fast, simple, and can really help you learn from your mistakes.

Here is my mistake-ridden text:

Hola! May yamo Sonrisa. ¿Como estas?

Here is the correction:

¡Hola! Me llamo Sonrisa. ¿Cómo estás?

I would correct my post to this...

¡Hola! May Me yamo llamo Sonrisa. ¿Cómo estás?

To cross out text, just follow this little code...

< s> your mistake here< /s>

You do not, I repeat do not, need a space in between the < s> and the < /s>. I did this simply for means of demonstration.

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Just type this ...

...and ta-da! You get this:

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Now, you try!

I hope I helped!

¡Buena suerte!

Excellent explanation! You **really** give easy to follow directions!! - territurtle, Jul 29, 2011