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The Pros Of Using Spell Check

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Writing doesn’t come naturally to everyone, and it’s easy to make blunders. Spell check doesn’t get everything, so it’s better to learn what not to do and make a habit of not doing it. Here are some things you definitely want to steer clear of when writing blog posts! 1. Using Bad Grammar There is such a thing as the “Grammar Police” and they’re out there. The Internet is a harsh mistress and it’s users are often unforgiving of grammar mistakes. If you use “your” where you should be using “you’re” or “their” instead of “there,” you can bet someone is going to call you out on it in the comments. In fact, the Grammar Police are so obsessed with pointing out bad grammar that they will completely forget what you wrote about in your blog post, …show more content…

And so they do. Avoid this by never, ever using bad grammar. Ever. 2. Never Using Spell Check In addition to Grammar Police, there are also Spelling Police. Often, an Internet user will be a member of both factions, and will be equally as excited to call you out on a spelling mistake as a grammar blunder. Fortunately, since you can simply edit a blog post and remove the error, it’s not set in stone for the generations that come after us to point out as well. But you really want to avoid having a run in with the Spelling Police to begin with, so make sure you use spell check each and every time you blog. In fact, use it twice. Run it through an external spell check. Print your blog post out and read through it, looking for spelling and grammar errors. Have someone else read it. Getting called out on a stupid spelling mistake is frustrating – especially if your blog post was really killer. “You had a spelling mistake on line 4, paragraph 6, but your blog post was so thought provoking I didn’t care,” said no one

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