I keep spellcheck turned on. I don’t think it significantly influences the way I write.
I suppose, from a grammar perspective, spellcheck is the equivalent of using the bumpers while bowling—using them won’t allow for any gutter balls (ie: egregious spelling errors), but they won’t teach you how to be good at the game (ie: write a coherent essay).
The AI tool Grammarly “goes beyond basic spellcheck to improve grammar, punctuation, clarity, tone, and conciseness.” This would be like having bumpers turned on for bowling, and also having a slight auto-tracking feature inside of the bowling ball that curves the ball once thrown to promote strikes. Are you even bowling at that point? Or is the machine doing most of the work?
do you use spellcheck? Or do you turn it off on Google Docs/ MS Word/your favorite word checker?
I keep spellcheck turned on. I don’t think it significantly influences the way I write.
I suppose, from a grammar perspective, spellcheck is the equivalent of using the bumpers while bowling—using them won’t allow for any gutter balls (ie: egregious spelling errors), but they won’t teach you how to be good at the game (ie: write a coherent essay).
The AI tool Grammarly “goes beyond basic spellcheck to improve grammar, punctuation, clarity, tone, and conciseness.” This would be like having bumpers turned on for bowling, and also having a slight auto-tracking feature inside of the bowling ball that curves the ball once thrown to promote strikes. Are you even bowling at that point? Or is the machine doing most of the work?