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While most of us think it's helpful to be corrected, some people might not think so. 

You may think it's embarrassing to be corrected in public - you may feel frustrated or disappointed or even offended. 

Making mistakes is part of learning, though. It's hard to imagine you'll be fluent in English without making any mistakes. So, chances are you'll make some mistakes in your writing. That is to say, the mistakes are always there whether somebody corrects you or not. So, why pretend your English writing is already flawless?

Don't try to bury your head in the sand or don't fool yourself - accept it. It's not that you'll lose face - you'll learn from the corrections. We should appreciate the corrections other members made for us. We even encourage you to invite others to correct you. 

The thing is, however, other members may have failed to correct you - they may have read your blog, but somehow failed to make any corrections for you; they may not have been so interested in what you just wrote; they may not have had so much time to correct all the mistakes or they may have thought the mistakes were just minor ones or typos. 

Don't be afraid of making mistakes or being corrected in public - I don't assume your English writing is already good enough if you don't publish any blogs here.

Anyway, I'll make mistakes, too, so I'd appreciate it if any of you tried to correct me or even if you corrected me incorrectly:)) 

'lose face' - to become less respectable because you have been defeated