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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
I strongly recommend this website for checking words.
This is why people should know their language. Picking a word that sounds kind of like the one they mean is proof that they don't. Words are a writer's tools. I would no more want to read a book by a writer who didn't know how to use his or her tools than I would want to have my car repaired by a mechanic equally unfamiliar with the tools of the trade. |
I love that web site - thanks for posting it. I'm going to add it to my school web site for my students to use. Grammatical errors do bother me when I am reading. I always wonder why an editor didn't notice them. I'm a teacher, and I am constantly working with my students on the correct homophones to use. We also work on idioms and their origins. Please don't think it's not taught in schools anymore. Still, I can't pour it into their heads. They have to take notice and think about what they are writing. However, a published book should not have those kinds of errors, IMHO.