\nLingofy<\/a>
\nScribendi<\/a>
\nProWritingAid<\/a>
\nWordTune
\nHemingway<\/a>
\nWhiteSmoke<\/a>
\nGinger<\/a>
\nSapling<\/a>
\nSlickWrite<\/a>
\nLanguageTool<\/a>
\nSentenceCheckup<\/a>
\nLinguix<\/a>
\nAfterTheDeadline<\/a>
\nOnlineCorrection<\/a>
\nAntidote
\nGrammarCheck<\/a><\/p>\n
But good grief, how many grammar and spelling checkers do we need? And what is the best way to use them?<\/p>\n
I'm going to offer a radical suggestion: Don't use any such checkers until after<\/em> you've finished editing. That's right: edit first, check later. Otherwise, you'll be swamped with suggestions and corrections, and you'll need to consider every one. Here's an example from Lingofy:<\/p>\n Do you really want to work your way through all of that?<\/p>\n Similarly, when you're using Word's spellchecker (now part of its "Editor" feature), every time you encounter a misspelling, you'll need to choose what to do with it:<\/p>\n Do you do that? Do you slog through a manuscript responding to each possible misspelling that Word finds? Stop it! Instead, fix as many misspellings as possible before<\/em> running the spellchecker, using a batch operation that requires no intervention<\/em> from you. The best way I know to do that is with my MegaReplacer program, which is included with Editor's ToolKit Plus<\/a>. The program comes with a long list of corrections ready for you to use, including many words that are commonly misspelled\u2014more than 500 in all. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n millenium MegaReplacer automatically fixes all of those so you don't have to<\/em>. After it's finished, then<\/em> you can run the checker of your choice to catch any odditites or stragglers that weren't in your list.<\/p>\n Word's spell-checker is a terrific tool for finding random typographical errors, but if you\u2019re using it to find common misspellings, you\u2019re wasting your valuable time. After all, you already know<\/em> they\u2019re misspellings; why not fix them all in one go? Let MegaReplacer correct any possible occurrences while you take a break or work on something else. Then, if you want to catch typos, run a spell-check after<\/em> fixing misspellings with MegaReplacer, and you\u2019ll have far fewer errors to deal with.<\/p>\n Similarly, the PerfectIt add-in from Intelligent Editing is wonderful, and you should definitely use it to ensure consistency. But if you already know that your house style specifies, say, healthcare<\/em> rather than health care,<\/em> you don\u2019t need PerfectIt to point out deviations. Just use MegaReplacer to fix them all. Then<\/em> use PerfectIt to find other inconsistencies that might not be on your radar.<\/p>\n Here are the basic steps I recommend for editing a manuscript:<\/p>\n![\"img\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editorium.com\/sendy\/uploads\/1678902971.png?w=700&ssl=1\")
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\nsupercede
\nrarify
\nacommodate
\ncomraderie
\npavillion<\/em><\/p>\n