Is there a word or term for this writing problem?

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:30 pm

It's been pointed out to me and I have also noticed that I have a weird habit when typing or writing.

Occasionally, I'll omit entire words when typing up something. Usually small ones, but occasionally I'll forget to put in bigger ones. I don't think it's a typo since the rest of the sentence comes out correctly and I forget to put in the entire word.

Weird.

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:09 pm

Lago PARANOIA wrote:It's been pointed out to me and I have also noticed that I have a weird habit when typing or writing.

Occasionally, I'll omit entire words when typing up something. Usually small ones, but occasionally I'll forget to put in bigger ones. I don't think it's a typo since the rest of the sentence comes out correctly and I forget to put in the entire word.

Weird.

Your mind is faster than your hands. If you're smart and don't pull a triple digit WPM figure, it happens sometimes.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:41 pm

The scientific term for it is "Oops, I accidentally all the words!".

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:43 pm

This sentence no verb.

-Username17

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:37 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:This sentence no verb.

-Username17

It took me three times to realize that this sentence was missing a word.

Bigode · Post by **Bigode** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:28 pm

Lago, you should always proofread, until you're sure you didn't any word out.

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:40 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:This sentence no verb.

-Username17

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:45 pm

My own unique problem is that I often go back and start making changes in my writing.

Then I leave things in, and have duplicated words, or orphaned clauses, or just a bunch of words that no longer belong. I seem to have poor editing vision when it comes to a computer screen, and I don't realize that I've orphaned words when I do my edits.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:16 am

Heh, I do that a fair bit as well lago, I have some other choice "typoesqe" gems as well.

I interchange d's and g's in my handwriting, typing, and even speech. It made my chess notation all but impossible to follow as a lad, and often leads me to great annoyance.

I also do freudian slips allllll the damned time and rarely even notice (my wife notices though, oh yes, and she takes great delight in reminding me that I made no sense). Only they don't seem very freudian, they just seem totally random.

Also, when I am not paying attention I will do things like put cereal in the fridge and milk in the cupboard.

Because of this, I proof-check most everything I do, in writing, speaking, and just doing.

I also, use, too many, commas.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:51 am

clikml wrote: I also do freudian penises allllll the damned time

fix'd

Heath Robinson · Post by **Heath Robinson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:33 pm

clikml wrote:I also, use, too many, commas.

I used to use too many commas. I've been working on that - now I misuse a wider variety of punctuation.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:29 am

Bigode wrote:Lago, you should always proofread, until you're sure you didn't any word out.

I'm convinced it's the entire reason the edit button exists on forums.

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Is there a word or term for this writing problem?

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