Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Midterm grade Date:   9/12/2013 9:35:15 AM (updated 9/12/2013 9:37:47 AM)

“Spell checker has made most of us very poor at the actual manual task.  i wonder how long it has been since most of us have actually put pen to paper and sent a letter to someone via snail mail...??   We ALL might be surprised how poor our spelling is.”

i am an author. www.mrandolphmason.com *

Spellchucker (sic) is both a blessing and a curse! it did not like “spellchucker” and told me so.  But, it doesn’t know the difference between there, they’re, and their… or plain versus plane… or vane versus vain. it will not tell you that you meant “because” when you used “since.”

The completed manuscript of my first book was edited by the publisher.  i hope his editor will pass English 101 when he gets to his freshman year.  The editor sent me unsolicited glowing praise… nice but i wish he had copy edited the book… or, if he did, he should have been sent to look different job.

The second book’s completed manuscript was edited by three of my educated friends in hard copy with red pens before i sent it to my NEW publisher.  i am assuming it went through his editor. BUT, i have found a couple of spelling errors and some double punctuation that slipped through the system. A writer usually cannot edit his or her own work. Even good friends cannot edit his manuscript.

As for the word completion function on my cell phone… a cute little waitress at Niffer’s turned that function off for me.

(* i do not hide behind nor need anonymity on this forum)