Is it normal to write like this?

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Sometimes while I'm writing words on paper, I write them wrongly. For example, I often add an extra "E" to the back of words. Like deathe, ande, guitare, marshalle or carde. Sometimes I MISS OUT the letter E when it's supposed to be in a word, like 'cute' or 'made'. I write them as 'cut' and 'mad'.

When writing a word, I also write the second letter of the word first by accident, before cancelling it immediately and replacing it with the correct letter. (For example, if I want to write place, I write 'lp' first)

I often spot these mistakes before moving on to the next sentence and correct them, but while revising my notes from last year, I noticed that many of these mistakes when uncorrected.

I don't have an issue with spelling, and I often get high grades for english, so it should not be a result of bad language skills. From what I can tell, this problem started around the age of 14. It didn't happen while I was a child.

It might be dyslexia, or it might not. While I don't have a problem transferring words from my mind onto paper, there have been rare occasions where I thought a sentence was illogical. I stared at this sentence for a while: "His voice is soft on in this concert!" Believe me, I looked at it for about 5 seconds and really saw the word soft there, I swear it. But when I looked back, the sentence was actually: "His voice is SPOT on this concert!"

But other than these occasions, and my writing problem, I don't seem to show any other signs of dyslexia like trouble with copying and headaches after reading.

Is this normal?

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    So basically you write in Ye Olde English.

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  • dom180
    12 years ago

    Sometimes I do this, especially on a timed essay. "Ande" and "withe" are really common mistakes for me. All the crossings-out make my work kind of messy. I doubt that it is normal though. Fyi, I am not dyslexic, but I have been diagnosed as dyspraxic when I was a tiny kid (I'm 16 now).

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    • dom180
      12 years ago

      In fact I actually do all of the things that you describe, including misreading a sentence. And in the same way, this started when I was 14-15 the same as you.

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  • piman
    12 years ago

    God can I type correctly??? * my mistake lol

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  • joybird
    12 years ago

    I teach 'dyslexic' kids how to read and you are not dyslexic.

    It seems to me that your mind is working faster than your hand, which can't keep up - especailly with timed essays / exams. Just slow down and think carefully about what you are doing. This is also very common when students are tired.

    Dyslexia is only another word for 'poor reader' and there is not a medical doctor in the world who will diagnose you with it - as it's not a physical brain condition. It is psychologists who label you with this disorder but they have known for more than 40 years since they were able to do brain scans, that there is nothing wrong with the brain!

    The crap about letters moving about was a theory pur forward more than 100 years ago and is a load of nonsense. However, some people do benefit from coloured plastic over white paper as the contrast between black ink and white is too harsh for their eyes. Probably the same people who don't like to drive on a bright day without the sun visor down.

    This is one word that I cannot stand being bandied about! In fact, as they 'diagnose' more and more kids (1 out of 5 now in the UK) I think they should be assessing the teachers to see why their teaching skills are so poor! Maybe if the teachers got off their bloody cell phones and facebook etc the kids would learn how to read!

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  • 1000yrVampireKing
    11 years ago

    I do not believe it is suppose to be written "I write them wrongly" but "I write them wrong/incorrectly." Also I do not believe "His voice is soft on in this concert!" is correct either. You put too many words. Put "His voice is soft at the concert". How are you on and inside of something at the same time?

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  • piman
    12 years ago

    I not u. Myistake

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  • piman
    12 years ago

    U add e's all the time. With"e" is a big pm for me as well. It's nothing though

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  • chicken471bologna
    12 years ago

    normal

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  • Doodlebrain
    12 years ago

    I get this thing with the "e" a lot. Maybe it's because I am a slow writer. I also hold my pen differently from most people.

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