But if that's not convincing enough, here's some recent testimony e-mailed by my friend Louise Kennedy:
So I'm running a spell check on my proposal right before sending it out, and of course I forget to uncheck "check grammar." Which is excellent, because it gives me this:
All the World's a StageSuggestions:The entire [World's a Stage]
"Poor Will," says Louise. Amen to that.
I love it. LOL
ReplyDeleteYea, those "grammar checkers" produce more comedy than they do corrections.
ReplyDeleteMan, that Shakespeare. Tell me again why people say he's so great?
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! Well, that just made my morning. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh my! That made me "laugh out loud"!
ReplyDelete"Romeo, Oh Romeo...where the hell are you?"
ReplyDeleteLove your blog!
Congrats on yer BON.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog
Not sure if it has been corrected but for the longest time the message box for the Grammar Checker states "GrammEr check complete".
ReplyDeleteI can't stand "grammar checkers!" I read a book which I can only assume was sent through a grammar checker since it consistently used "past" for "passed." At least, I hope it was the grammar checker. I'd hate to think a human proofread it and couldn't do any better than that.
ReplyDeleteBut don't you love clicking on "ignore rule"?
ReplyDeleteI agree that grammar checking software are not full proof just as spell-checkers aren't full proof either. Good post :D
ReplyDeleteHa! Again, in cyberland, the English Lit Department wins over the Drama geeks... me being a latter, often victim to the former in my collegiate days of yore... Great column. Trying to follow but cannot figure out where. Peace! ~R. NeWell DeWitt aka @TheStorysmith
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ReplyDeleteI believe wherefore means "why" not "where". I think it would be "Romeo, Romeo, why the hell are you named Romeo?"
Please edit my comment to erase my old twitter name... evidently the words "story" and "smith" can't be used together in the US as one person supposedly was given a legal TM...
ReplyDeleteI would appreciate it! Thank you!
Thought all storytellers were such... guess I was mistaken... Thank you! ~r. newell dewitt
Thanks for the helpful information!
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