Comment by pessimizer
2 years ago
Better spellers aren't better writers. Spelling is an editor's assistant's job. You might as well say that a better pencil sharpener makes you a better writer.
2 years ago
Better spellers aren't better writers. Spelling is an editor's assistant's job. You might as well say that a better pencil sharpener makes you a better writer.
Absolutely untrue, all the energy not spent trying to figure out how to spell a tricky word is energy saved, and if at least one iota of that energy goes into improving the writing itself, better spellcheckers make you a better writer, in the least the writing will be actually readable. Haven't written with a pencil to need sharpening in a decade or so, but it certainly can't be helpful to be annoyed at a pencil unable to write. Lots of writers emphasize routine in order to be a good writer, from Immanuel Kant, for whom routine leads even to better thinking, to James Patterson, for whom routine means being able to write a book in every day ending with y. Having tools not only not break the routine, but enhance it, is paramount.