You can’t rely on automated spell checkers. They won’t catch all of your typos.
I remember a beautiful institutional investment pitch book shared by a senior portfolio manager. I’ll call him George Miller. The front cover billed him as “George Miller, Portfolio Manger.”
Yes, that’s “manger” not “manager.”
You can use the proofreading methods in “Six ways to stop sending emails with errors” to complement your spell checker.
The picture shows the subject line of an email that I’ve edited to hide the identity of the guilty typist. It includes the kind of error that a spell checker won’t catch. Even Microsoft Word’s grammar checker didn’t catch the typo when I tested the complete sentence.
Proofreading is essential, if you want to avoid embarrassing yourself in your financial blog or other written communications. Tips for effective proofreading are included in my blogging class.
If you think typos don’t matter, read some of the comments this typo drew from my social media friends.
The subject line should have read “See who’s speaking this fall….”
Gosh, I hope I didn’t let any typos slip through in this post.
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Topics in the May 2010 issue included
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Then you’ll probably enjoy “Ten Words You Should Stop Misspelling” from TheOatmeal.com. I couldn’t stop laughing.
I discovered this through Twitter. This isn’t a business reason to participate in Twitter but a little laughter helps every now and then.