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11: If you want to be taken seriously, don't make obvious spelling errors.

• tdavis 17y ago
  It is astonishing how few people I take seriously anymore, precisely because of this. Most blog posts I read now seem to have a blatant typo in the first paragraph, if not first sentence. It's profoundly irritating. If I can read my drafts 50 times before publishing them, couldn't others be buggered to read them once?
  • raffi 17y ago
    aherm consider referring these folks to Uncle Raffi's spelling, style, grammar, and misused word detection for bloggers-- http://www.afterthedeadline.com http://www.afterthedeadline.com I'm here to help!
    • DTrejo 17y ago
      I use this all the time for my writing. (Raffi's product) http://www.polishmywriting.com/ http://www.polishmywriting.com/
    • tdavis 17y ago
      I don't know if you'd want the kind of publicity I'd be selling; each email would start with "Dear lazy buffoon" and only go downhill from there ;)