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Powerlessness of Proofreading Power!

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Little did we know that not all words are checked by a spell checker. Neither Microsoft Word can catch all the misspellings on your article. Most particularly, words that are written in different valid forms. The problem of some of those words is that spell checker won't catch the mistake like "then" and "than" or "loose" and "lose". Both are correct words with different meaning. MS Word would highlight the word in red if it is misspelled like "colour" for "color" or "savour" for "savor". Am I right, Maria? We've been laughing bout this, and now I put it into writing.

And how would you solve this problem? Right click the word and click add to dictionary... tadah! Easy and simple. But that is not the magic and I don't agree to that!


Seriously, how can you work out the answer or find sulution to this writer's problem? Did I hear someone said proofreading? Yes. If possible, when you're done writing the article or any written piece from emails to blog posts, try to read again throught it and look for word or words that don't belong and try not to loose concentration while doing it.

It is really vital to a VA, especially to a writer to get all the words spelled correctly. Proofreading is always better than a spell checker, well, it's not that we don't need it, what I am saying is that it is always good to doble check your work, it might catch the misspelled word or words that we missed. So make sure to proofread also after running the spell checker! Especially now that most of us are used to abbreviating words when sending text messages (particularly those who were and still using two-liner-lcd phone and is limited to 160 characters only). Unconsciously, you're getting drown into the world of ignorance.

Honestly, there are words that I, myself don't even know how to spell it right. So I prefer to turn my super dictionary on my fone option "ON" all the time, it helped me a lot when i am in doubt with the spelling.

It is that simple, however it will have a great effect on the quality of your work, that is the power of proffreading and pretty sure you'll earn what you deserve, eventually.

Another thing is your grammar... and.. uhm.. ah.. eh.. (forget about it, i can't even check my own spelling now you're asking for grammar? Not an English Teacher, sorry pal.)

... Oh my, forgot to proofread my article... abnoidz! Talking about proofreading, now look at mine. Gosh! I am humiliated!

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