So far, I have talked and talked about some basics of writing, and I know some of my posts have been long-winded, so today I am going to do something just a little different (:
Most everyone is familiar with the AutoCorrect Fails, right? Well, this post is somewhat dedicated to those fails, but mostly to the avoiding of such errors.
Here are a few of the listed favorites from RantChic:
No lie, I can't stop myself from laughing at these things!
Now that we have all giggled our brains out, I'll get to my point: Spell check is SUPER important in everything, even the basic text to a friend. Unfortunately, we sometimes run into problems like with the AutoCorrect function--which is great when it doesn't happen to us of course, but when it does...well, that's a different story. We also run into instances where the spellcheck doesn't catch our typos.
Personal Application
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with any spellcheck program other than Microsoft's, so forgive me for my lack of knowledge about other programs! But in my experience with Microsoft, I have run across a few different problems. Let me share a few I ran into when writing my latest essay (highlighted in the screenshots) :/
This first screenshot has two separate errors. The first highlighted word should have been "for" rather than "four"--four quotes are not falling, I promise! The second highlight, fortunately, shows a catch made by the spellcheck telling us that I used the wrong word--should be "their" instead.
Personal Application
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with any spellcheck program other than Microsoft's, so forgive me for my lack of knowledge about other programs! But in my experience with Microsoft, I have run across a few different problems. Let me share a few I ran into when writing my latest essay (highlighted in the screenshots) :/
This first screenshot has two separate errors. The first highlighted word should have been "for" rather than "four"--four quotes are not falling, I promise! The second highlight, fortunately, shows a catch made by the spellcheck telling us that I used the wrong word--should be "their" instead.
This second screenshot touches on two more errors. They both deal with simple typing errors but they affect what I meant to say. The first was supposed to say "in" and the second "are". Here the spelling is fine as "on" and "ate" are real words, but the grammar is affected since the two do not fit with my purpose.
These are simple and somewhat silly examples, but can you see what I am getting at? The AutoCorrect fails are hilarious and one simple mistake in a paper should not lose you too much credit. But...what if your paper was filled with these little mistakes? or what if the mistake was the status of an AutoCorrect fail? In the end, these 'little' mistakes can make you lose credibility as a writer or as an 'expert' on your chosen topic.
These are simple and somewhat silly examples, but can you see what I am getting at? The AutoCorrect fails are hilarious and one simple mistake in a paper should not lose you too much credit. But...what if your paper was filled with these little mistakes? or what if the mistake was the status of an AutoCorrect fail? In the end, these 'little' mistakes can make you lose credibility as a writer or as an 'expert' on your chosen topic.
The Main Point
So, my plug for today is this: double check, triple check, and quadruple check if you have to. This is an important step especially when you have a term paper or some big assignments or a work project or whatever. We look a little silly when we misspell a simple word, even when it is not our fault. I may not have answers for a "program fix", but in my opinion, it is the writer that needs to take responsibility for their work--we can't blame the computer for everything, right?
So, my plug for today is this: double check, triple check, and quadruple check if you have to. This is an important step especially when you have a term paper or some big assignments or a work project or whatever. We look a little silly when we misspell a simple word, even when it is not our fault. I may not have answers for a "program fix", but in my opinion, it is the writer that needs to take responsibility for their work--we can't blame the computer for everything, right?
Hopefully, we will never have to see our own AutoCorrect Fails published for the world to see (:
Amanda
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