In the age of spell checkers, it’s hard to imagine that spelling errors would make the most common error list, but they do. First, it’s important to remember to run the spell checker when you’re revising a paper. The spell checker won’t necessarily catch everything, but it’s a good place to start.
We’ve already covered some errors that can slip by the spell check in our Wrong Word section. In addition to possibly creating wrong-word errors, spell checkers also miss misspelled words like names and other proper nouns, as illustrated in the following example:
The spell checker missed these errors. Here is the corrected version of the sentence:
So, be sure to run your spell checker, but, then, don’t forget to double and triple check your writing. Spell checkers do not catch everything.