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Best method I've ever used for spotting misspellings in what I write: read the words you've written from last to first. Reading in this order breaks the predict
by nkrisc 7y ago
Best method I've ever used for spotting misspellings in what I write: read the words you've written from last to first. Reading in this order breaks the prediction your brain does on what it expects to read next and stops you from filling in the words yourself or simply recognizing them by "shape" instead of reading each letter.
Of course this does nothing for grammar or general flow nor does it help you if you've spelled the wrong word correctly.
- underwater 7y agoI have text to speech read back what I've wrote. You'll immediately notice incorrectly spelled words and doubled up words.
- HeavenFox 7y agoIf you have access to a computer, why not just use a spellchecker :)
- shimms 7y agoI print my stuff on actual paper and do a manual proof read when I think I’m done. I’m constantly surprised by how many spelling mistakes I still find during final proof reading that Word isn’t underlying with red squigglies.
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- Arbalest 7y agoSpellchecking isn't universal, and I've frequently found myself typing completely different words than I had intended, which are not misspellings. That would be picked up pretty quickly.
- hnick 7y agoCase in point, it probably wouldn't have picked up this submission's title if 'phased' had been written instead as I commonly see these days.
- nkrisc 7y agoI do, but I'm not going to rely completely on one.
- underwater 7y agoIt's easy to autocorrect something to the wrong word. Or write a sentence that passes a grammar checker but is still sketchy.
- bobowzki 7y agoThis is also my favorite. It also works pretty well for punctuation and general flow, I find.