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writers must be able to spell !

It is extraordinary how often people cannot spell, yet they want to be a writer. I am quite frequently asked to glance through a typescript, and it is amazing how many spelling mistakes are made. Punctuation mistakes are even worse. Any others feel the same way ?

Catherine Broughton, author

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Comment by Amanda Brenner on July 9, 2012 at 9:15am: Yes, and I very much resent the fact that it is so widely accepted. People just don't seem to care. Perhaps spelling will become as lost an art as cursive writing, and we will all have to learn the new language shorthand of text messaging.