“Spellcheck is a false god!”
I used to have an editor who was famous for screaming this. He all but banned us from using the computer’s dictionary for our stories.
However, I think most people need to take an extra second or two proofing stories, tweets and other sundry internet posts (captions, links, etc.), even if that means using the spell-check. On a daily basis I see no less than six errors in the “professional” media.
I know I’m opening myself up for a whack on my own errors, grammatical, spelling and otherwise, but seeing “Lotita” instead of “Lolita” or “framed” instead of “famed,” (two off-the-top-of-my-head examples) is starting to drive me a little crazy.
Admittedly, spell-check is a false god and wouldn’t catch the above mistakes, but there are still copy editors, right? Are they used only for full-length stories? Why does it seem so acceptable to print errors? And am I the only one who’s noticing?
