For today’s Sunday Poser, Sadje wants to know:

How many times do you read and edit your posts before publishing them? Do you have to correct an error after you have posted a blog post?

I would say that I proofread and edit my posts at least two or three times — and more for longer posts — before I hit Publish. And yet I still occasionally end up with typos and misspellings on my published posts. Why? Because the eyes often see what the brain expects them to see, not necessarily what they are actually seeing.

I also try reading my drafts out loud to see how they sound and if the sentences as written make sense. That sometimes leads to major rewrites, including moving paragraphs around to improve the flow.

And yes, even with my best efforts to make my posts perfect — at least from a grammatical, spelling, and punctuation standpoint — some still get published with errors. When that happens, all I can do it is go in and fix whatever needs to be fixed.

And I hope that my fellow bloggers understand and forgive me. After all, unless you’re using some generative AI engine to write your posts for you, we are all only human — and to err is human .