9/12/2013 9:35:15 AM (updated 9/12/2013 9:37:47 AM)
“Spell checker has made most of us very poor at the actual
manual task. i wonder how long it has been since most of us have
actually put pen to paper and sent a letter to someone via snail mail...??
We ALL might be surprised how poor our spelling is.”
Spellchucker (sic) is both a blessing and a curse! it did not like “spellchucker”
and told me so.But, it doesn’t know the
difference between there, they’re, and their… or plain versus plane… or vane
versus vain. it will not tell you that you meant “because” when you used “since.”
The completed manuscript of my first book was edited by the publisher. i hope his editor will pass English 101 when
he gets to his freshman year.The editor
sent me unsolicited glowing praise… nice but i wish he had copy edited the book…
or, if he did, he should have been sent to look different job.
The second book’s
completed manuscript was edited by three of my educated friends in hard copy
with red pens before i sent it to my NEW publisher.i am assuming it went through his editor.
BUT, i have found a couple of spelling errors and some double punctuation that
slipped through the system. A writer usually cannot edit his or her own work.
Even good friends cannot edit his manuscript.
As for the word completion
function on my cell phone… a cute little waitress at Niffer’s turned that
function off for me.
(* i do not hide behind nor need anonymity on this forum)