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Originally Posted by HarryT
I must respectfully disagree. Although I work in IT, I write for a living; I spend all day writing design documents, reports, specifications, etc, for business clients. Once you "know" how to write using correct grammar and spelling - and it's simply a matter of practice - that's how you write. I never have to stop and think whether to use "it's" or "its" - my brain knows how to write the right word without conscious thought. Anyone whose "spelling and grammar is all over the place" just hasn't put enough work into their writing to reach a point where they get it right without having to go back and correct it. To say that it's "a job for the proof-reader" is just a cop-out.
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But you're a proof reader too. Writing and proof reading are different skills, and it's rare to find them in the same person. With fiction it is the story that counts, not where they put their apostrophes. Things like that can be fixed later.