Monday, January 18, 2010

Monday Manuscript Fix: Spell check this, please.

Dear Authors: Another week has passed and another group of hopeful writers have proffered their manuscripts, thus giving me another Monday Manuscript Fix rant:

Do not rely on spell check. Do not relay on spell chick. Due knot relay in spill chick.
I know it's easy, and convenient and that nun of us make spelling mistakes. We never type the wrong word of a sentence. We really don't knead to ask someone else to proof red four us, either. Even if we've red something a 1,000 times and can't sea it anymore.

(Honestly, I don't no what these editors are complaining about.

My heroine really did flea. She did! She was the soul supporter of a children!)
Here's a list of words commonly misspelled and missed by spill Czech:


flea=flee
on=in
in=on
of=to
to=of
red=read
greet=green=great
sum=some
on=no
fill=fell=felt
no=on
on=no
if=of
of=if
go=got
sweet=suite
wee=week
weak=week
And there are more. Lots and lots moor. I can't list them all because I'll brake the internet. However, I suggest you start peaking through your own righting and find them. Crate your own list of miss spelled worms and take it on the bulletin bored over your desk for a quick reference. 


You're acquiring idiot will be glad you did.

2 comments:

  1. Hehehe, grate post, Cyn. I hop my manuscript wasn't two bad. I'm pretty goad with worms, usually. ;)

    (Ugh, writing like that gives me a headache!)

    Adam

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  2. I don't know how the hell you do it. I can't imagine having to read (or attempt to do so) manuscripts with such egregious errors. Sure, we all make mistakes, but I think those are easily ferreted out when they are genuinely typos or the occassional brain fart.

    I hope yoiu'll excuse the brevity of my comment, but I must go browse a thesaurus for a couple minutes to calm my frazzled nerves after reading your post (it was great! Really!)

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