Back in the day, spelling was checked by a teacher or editor. Fast forwarding to the present day, there are computer apps and features to check spelling and more.
These digital Spell Checkers (SC)s do more than look-up words in a dictionary. Today's SCs also provide some punctuation and simple phrasing suggestions.
A short, two sentence, rough draft was analyzed by two current, well known SCs. Issues found and overlooked by the SCs are listed below.
Results
The purpose was to estimate SCs value finding/fixing other broken writing rules. It was not to provide a Consumer Reports-style product feature comparison.
The little Rough Draft was a minefield of common writing and transcription errors. Both SCs found the same issues. There were 3 times as many Overlooked Issues as Identified Issues. The digital duel ended in a draw.
While any help is valuable, there are many opportunities for improving grammar, punctuation features. You can bet your dangling participial on that!
After basic writing rule needs, perhaps readability, storyline, and style concerns could be addressed.
These digital Spell Checkers (SC)s do more than look-up words in a dictionary. Today's SCs also provide some punctuation and simple phrasing suggestions.
A short, two sentence, rough draft was analyzed by two current, well known SCs. Issues found and overlooked by the SCs are listed below.
Results
Rough Draft
tHE quack red Fiz jump over The lag> it;s beatific1
Identified Issues
Final Version
The quick Red fox jumped over the log. It was beautiful.
Give It A Shot
Paste the Rough Draft into your SC and see how it compares.
TakeawaytHE quack red Fiz jump over The lag> it;s beatific1
Identified Issues
Element
Issue(s)
SC 1
SC 2
tHE
upper & lowercase reversed, CAP LOCK
Fiz
capitalization, spelling
it;s
capitalization, punctuation, tense
Element
Issue(s)
quack
spelling or word choice
red
capitalization
Fiz jump
two spaces between words
jump
tense
The
capitalization
lag
spelling or word choice
>
punctuation
beatific
word choice
1
punctuation
The quick Red fox jumped over the log. It was beautiful.
Give It A Shot
Paste the Rough Draft into your SC and see how it compares.
The purpose was to estimate SCs value finding/fixing other broken writing rules. It was not to provide a Consumer Reports-style product feature comparison.
The little Rough Draft was a minefield of common writing and transcription errors. Both SCs found the same issues. There were 3 times as many Overlooked Issues as Identified Issues. The digital duel ended in a draw.
While any help is valuable, there are many opportunities for improving grammar, punctuation features. You can bet your dangling participial on that!
After basic writing rule needs, perhaps readability, storyline, and style concerns could be addressed.
