There is a great benefit to automated checkers, because they'll alert you to the possibility that you're spelling a word incorrectly, using an inordinate number of adverbs, repeating pet phrases. But there's more to good writing than that, and here are four of the reasons that you need a great editor. 1.) SPELL CHECKERS: No … Continue reading 4 Reasons Automated Checks will Never Replace an Editor
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GRAMMAR: Is “You’d better” vs “You better”
Our question this week is from a reader and writer who's concerned about the difference between "You'd better" and "You better". Question: I've read suspense novels by two different best-selling authors in the couple of weeks. While writing my own suspense novel, I've used the phrase "You'd better (do such and so)". But one of … Continue reading GRAMMAR: Is “You’d better” vs “You better”
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