Note: I used Grammarly to Grammar Check this post, because I want to make my English Teacher think I valued her efforts instead of passing notes in class.
Being
a writer
has the
obvious
problem
that
people
expect
me to be an expert
on writing.
The
moment
you
get
a byline or
a blog header, you
are expected
to become
a veritable
savant
of the
English language.
This
is like saying
that
just
because
I can make
change,
I’m
an expert
mathematician.
The truth is that when it comes to writing I’m more train of thought, slip of the tongue, than scholarly. I like to write in a sort of flowing mess of words and feelings and hope that somehow the majority of readers – okay, some of them – can make sense of it all.
If my participles are dangling I don’t want to know about it. That sort of worry just trips a person up.
Harder still is proofreading. On the surface, proofreading is simple. All you need to do is read over the words you have written and insure they are not a hot mess of grammatical and spelling errors. In truth, it is ridiculously easy to catch OTHER PEOPLE’S mistakes and virtually impossible, after a point, to see your own.
Along comes Grammarly, a wonderful and much needed service designed to save bloggers from the all-too-fallible act of proofreading themselves.While it might be argued that proofreading isn’t “that” important, that readers understand and forgive typos and that you can always edit or clarify a correction after the fact I think there is something to be said for prevention.
Just ask the person who was lauded as the new head of “Pubic Relations" in a company wide publication.
Grammarly. Not only saves your writing but your reputation.
The truth is that when it comes to writing I’m more train of thought, slip of the tongue, than scholarly. I like to write in a sort of flowing mess of words and feelings and hope that somehow the majority of readers – okay, some of them – can make sense of it all.
If my participles are dangling I don’t want to know about it. That sort of worry just trips a person up.
Harder still is proofreading. On the surface, proofreading is simple. All you need to do is read over the words you have written and insure they are not a hot mess of grammatical and spelling errors. In truth, it is ridiculously easy to catch OTHER PEOPLE’S mistakes and virtually impossible, after a point, to see your own.
Along comes Grammarly, a wonderful and much needed service designed to save bloggers from the all-too-fallible act of proofreading themselves.While it might be argued that proofreading isn’t “that” important, that readers understand and forgive typos and that you can always edit or clarify a correction after the fact I think there is something to be said for prevention.
Just ask the person who was lauded as the new head of “Pubic Relations" in a company wide publication.
Grammarly. Not only saves your writing but your reputation.
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