http://www.yourwritelife.com/editing-how-tos/spelling-checkers-dont-work/ writing resources - publishing how-to’s - inspiration - memoir, personal essays, short stories, your biz books Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.yourwritelife.com/editing-how-tos/spelling-checkers-dont-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Diane Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:52:49 +0000 http://www.yourwritelife.com/?p=431#comment-1222 I love, love, love this poem!!! I'm a managing editor and sole copy editor for a trade magazine. I NEVER use spell check alone to for spelling and grammar checks. I do use it when double checking company and people names it doesn't recognize just to check that they are always spelled the same!! It's dangerous to rely on spell check alone, as your poem illustrates! Hilarious. I love, love, love this poem!!! I’m a managing editor and sole copy editor for a trade magazine. I NEVER use spell check alone to for spelling and grammar checks. I do use it when double checking company and people names it doesn’t recognize just to check that they are always spelled the same!!
It’s dangerous to rely on spell check alone, as your poem illustrates! Hilarious.

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