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Looks like I‘m the odd one out when it comes to spelling/grammar #checkers in word processors. I can’t stand the #squiggles, so I spend quite some time figuring out how to turn them off, like, completely to never check my writing. I rather have somebody proofread my texts
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When collaborating with others, I get drafts that open in “a word processor” and immediately throw squiggles all over the place. So the other person must have checking switched on, which then is somehow “saved” together with the text.
Anyway, I see texts with squiggles
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Anyway, I see texts with squiggles
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Some of these squiggles are actual errors and could be fixed easily. Why do people send text with typos?
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People post screenshots from texts, slides, posters, etc., which still contain squiggles, red ones and green ones. Sometimes it’s simply due to not having set the corresponding language. Why do people don’t care about their #tools being configured properly?
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When looking at such a text together with colleagues, I pointed to one para “What’s the issue there?” – “Where?” – “There, the green squiggle” – “Where?” – “Just there, top line, word 5 to 7” – “You mean this one? Don’t know”
Like, people actively do not see those?
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Like, people actively do not see those?
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Then what’s the point of having your spelling and grammar checked at all?
Of course, when you don’t see them, they don’t interfere with your writing, you don’t feel patronized, you don’t adapt to non-squiggle-triggering styles, etc.
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Of course, when you don’t see them, they don’t interfere with your writing, you don’t feel patronized, you don’t adapt to non-squiggle-triggering styles, etc.
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Is it sth with me that I cannot simply unsee squiggles but have to go through endless settings in hidden menus while getting more and more annoyed to figure out how to turn this nonsense off?
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