[ISFP] ISFPs - good editors?

[maliafee]

Is it an SP thing, an ISFP thing, what? I am constantly finding little spelling and grammar and typo errors -- in books, magazines, the newspaper, and (especially) online. I really believe I find EVERY ERROR. It's not intentional, either.

Also, I can look at the spelling of a word once and remember it forever, even if it is in my second language (French).

Is this hyper-sensitivity to word/language structure nuance an ISFP thing? An SP thing? Or just an S thing? OR NOT?!

 

[Quinlan]

I don't have that, would be cool if I did.

 

[Randomnity]

I don't know if/how it would be related to type, but I have that too, to some degree.

 

[pippi]

Usually IxTJs are the grammar Nazis.

 

[wolfy]

I don't have that. Would come in handy.

 

[Kasper]

Usually IxTJs are the grammar Nazis.

Sooooo true! They routinely beat me up for my bad slepping.

 

[Costrin]

Sooooo true! They routinely beat me up for my bad slepping.

:steam:

Grammar != spelling.

 

[Kasper]

:steam:

Grammar != spelling.

Yeah, see I'm not so fussed with being accurate when I quote someone, that kinda bugs INTs, cool eh. OP's about spelling & grammar so meh

 

[Costrin]

Yeah, see I'm not so fussed with being accurate when I quote someone, that kinda bugs INTs, cool eh. OP's about spelling & grammar so meh

*insert cryptic phrase here*

 

[beyondaurora]

Is it an SP thing, an ISFP thing, what? I am constantly finding little spelling and grammar and typo errors -- in books, magazines, the newspaper, and (especially) online. I really believe I find EVERY ERROR. It's not intentional, either.

Also, I can look at the spelling of a word once and remember it forever, even if it is in my second language (French).

Is this hyper-sensitivity to word/language structure nuance an ISFP thing? An SP thing? Or just an S thing? OR NOT?!

You and I are two peas in a pod! I am exactly like this.

I can see both Se and Si being responsible for this - Se for being inherently attuned to the physical world and Si for recalling stored impressions. Perhaps it is the combination of both since Si shadows, or gives depth to, Se and vice versa.

 

[Hirsch63]

I am constantly finding little spelling and grammar and typo errors -- Is this hyper-sensitivity to word/language structure nuance an ISFP thing? An P thing? Or S thing?

This looks better.

 

[maliafee]

Hmm...

You and I are two peas in a pod! I am exactly like this.

I can see both Se and Si being responsible for this - Se for being inherently attuned to the physical world and Si for recalling stored impressions. Perhaps it is the combination of both since Si shadows, or gives depth to, Se and vice versa.

Neat to have something in common with ISTPs (not such a big surprise though, right?). I have always really liked ISTPs; great personalities.

I find the functional analysis interesting. I don't know enough about that...

 

[maliafee]

Ack!

This looks better.

Umm, are you teasing me? Hehe...

 

[Hirsch63]

Umm, are you teasing me? Hehe...

Well, you just left yourself wide open....I'm suprised that I got there first...Hah!

 

[Randomnity]

You and I are two peas in a pod! I am exactly like this.

I can see both Se and Si being responsible for this - Se for being inherently attuned to the physical world and Si for recalling stored impressions. Perhaps it is the combination of both since Si shadows, or gives depth to, Se and vice versa.

I thought you were ENFP. Am I going crazy?

 

[beyondaurora]

I thought you were ENFP. Am I going crazy?

I'm definitely not ENFP.

 

[bananafish]

I glanced at the word "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" for about five seconds and it got stuck in my head completely. It still is. You can tell me to spell it out in RL and I'll do it in a heartbeat (and be correct).

That was like.... two years ago too... geez.

Spelling errors do irk me sometimes though. I can't stand when people mix up "your" for "you're" or other words like that.... unless I'm in a lazy bum mood. Then it's just, "whatever". I could care less. XD

 

[Dali]

Is it an SP thing, an ISFP thing, what? I am constantly finding little spelling and grammar and typo errors -- in books, magazines, the newspaper, and (especially) online. I really believe I find EVERY ERROR. It's not intentional, either.

Also, I can look at the spelling of a word once and remember it forever, even if it is in my second language (French).

Is this hyper-sensitivity to word/language structure nuance an ISFP thing? An SP thing? Or just an S thing? OR NOT?!

Bloody hell, Malia. It feels like you're me! In a prettier package, of course. I identify with so much of what you post including this. (except for the spelling. Due to my mild dyslexia, words with double SSs and double MMs have me doubleguessing the spelling but I always get even those right)

A friend once told me to "stop proofreading everything you see!" after I pointed out a few typos while reading an online profile of hers.

And it's not just the written word; I'm crap at coming up with stuff of my own but I can improve upon almost everything I see aesthetically and in other ways too. For instance, at my current (new) workplace, I'm just biding my time until I've been here for another 2 weeks or so before I suggest some changes to their consumer sales kits that will make them look more professional, more standardised and nicer. I think its due to our ability to just know 'what fits' and what doesn't. Se + Te at work perhaps?

 

[Requeim]

I notice every single spelling error as well (at least in my first language)

It annoys me sometimes, because if it is one of my friends i feel obliged to point it out to them. As a result of this, i have had friends asking me to look through their papers before they turn them in

So yeah, i guess ISFPs could make good editors

 

[Walking Tourist]

I proofread everything that I see, too. It's not intentional but it happens. As for the spelling, I notice Miss Spelled words right away. I have an auditory processing disorder and I don't read phonetically. I never could do phonics. I recognize entire words. If they are misspelled, I will know immediately because they do not look like the word that I have in my visual reading memory bank. If the word is badly misspelled, I won't even know what the word is and will have to get someone to identify it for me.