| It's a crime what laziness can do. That's the | | | | That leaves you, my friend, You, the author- |
| downside of automation and software tools. | | | | the last line of defense. |
| People get lazy. | | | | |
| | | | For the sake of your readers, for the sake of |
| Don't get me wrong, I love technology and I | | | | clarity and for the sake of personal |
| depend on Spell-checking software to help | | | | pride...Proofread it! Read it out loud. Read |
| with my writing. It finds the typos but it | | | | it again and again just to be sure. Do you |
| does not find all the spelling mistakes.It | | | | want potentially millions of people to think |
| does not find the contextual mistakes. What | | | | you are a bonehead? |
| do I mean by that? | | | | |
| | | | Every day surfing the web I encounter site |
| Here's an example: "The kid's got heat." | | | | after site with so many errors; obvious stuff |
| | | | that a 3rd Grader could pick up on. These |
| Maybe, the "kid" is a pitcher with a really | | | | people are just too darned busy building |
| wicked fastball. Or maybe, I meant to type | | | | pop-ups to proofread their copy. Rush, rush, |
| "heart" as in: | | | | rush. |
| | | | |
| "The kid's got heart." | | | | And these are people trying to sell me |
| | | | things! Do I want to buy from a Bonehead? Not |
| The absence of one letter can give you two | | | | bloody likely. |
| wildly different interpretations. Ol' | | | | |
| Robodunce, spellchecker won't spot gaffs like | | | | You may have noticed this is a pet peeve of |
| that. | | | | mine. That being said, a person that does not |
| | | | pay attention to the little details of |
| Remember, in school how you used to struggle | | | | publishing online may not pay attention to |
| over the proper usage of "there, they're, and | | | | all the little details of good service. I |
| their?" Some people still struggle with | | | | can't imagine that I am the only one that |
| those. Grammar can be pretty tricky, so | | | | jumps to that conclusion. |
| tricky that a computer designed solely to | | | | |
| correct grammatical mistakes would have to be | | | | It could cost you a lot in sales and/or |
| the size of a Pontiac, or even a cruise ship. | | | | credibility. |
| It would take a truckload of Einsteins to | | | | |
| program it. | | | | Proofread. Take the time before you upload. |
| | | | Don't be a Bonehead. |