Okay, so you say what difference does it make if you can't spell? What difference does it make if you use improper grammar?? Well, the simple answer is that if you want an advanced degree, you had better be able to write coherent sentences. In any job, you need to be able to communicate effectively! Check out the links below for some fun examples. And for a reminder of how many of us choose to approach a writing assignment, not how we should, check out "How to Write a Paper."
Owed to a Spell Checker -- I first saw this one in graduate school. It's great! (http://jasmine.esu10.k12.ne.us/~jbisbee/spelling.html)
Why You Shouldn't Put You Complete Trust In The Spell Checker - re-read the title!
And this one.. I received it through email:
Eye halve a
spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye
strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As
soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye
have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
-Sauce
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