As a barage of articles are being submitted for publishing to take advantage of Triond’s incentive, it is quite noticable that errors abound.
OK, nobody is perfect. Errors do slide through undetected by the software designed to pick them up. Words can be spelled correctly even though they are the wrong words for the application like to, two, too.
Every time Triond runs a monthly special that requires a certain number of articles to qualify, spelling and grammatical errors abound. A little proofreading goes a long way. What good is qualifying for a 20% increased profit if a spelling error is keeping your article from producing any profit in the first place? 20% of 0 = 0.
Having begun my life in the United States speaking only German, learning the English language was difficult but necessary. As a result, blatant spelling and grammatical errors in a title have a habit of slapping me upside the head. I can’t get past it enough to even venture to open it, much less read it.
The Triond Online Editor comes with a built in spell checker. All you have to do is click it and fix anything highlighted in yellow. It even gives you suggestions. Is that so hard?
Before you publish, copy and paste the title and description at the bottom of your article body. Check spelling. Correct errors. Remove them again from the article body. It’s really not that hard.
If your grammar is really bad, maybe writing is not something you should be doing. If you insist, search for a grammar correction site that will help you.
”sigh“
Tags: Grammar, Spell checker, Spelling, United States
February 9th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
i completely agree! Some articles are frustrating to read!
February 9th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Man, I don’t even read articles from authors that take up 6 out of 10 spots in my news feed anymore because I have learned that they have so many errors…Plus, they have horrible quality and are so freaking short! It’s frustrating…
February 9th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Good advice!
February 9th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
writing is the fun part, editing is the boring, but important, part.
February 11th, 2011 at 4:24 am
Totally agree!
February 26th, 2011 at 11:17 am
Hehe.. I second the motion..