I know I am not the best grammarian in the world.  My grammar checker proves that to me all the time.  Hell, it screamed at me for that first sentence.  However, I do use it and my spellchecker.  I would be embarrassed to post something I hadn’t at least run through both checkers once.  Granted, on occasion, I have missed things.

     That’s what I have proofreaders for (and you know who you are.)  They will read what I plan to post before I publish it.  Fortunately, few mistakes sneak past them.  Mind you, I say few.  Occasionally, I have found some errors we all missed and have gone back to edit them out of a post.

     All of which brings me back to the title of this post.  I can’t understand why anyone would post something out here in cyber land for the entire world to see and not want it to be his or her best writing.  I not only try to put my best out here, but I continue to improve it whenever I can.

     More and more, I find articles in newspapers, works of fiction, advertisements, and blogs full of blatant spelling and grammar mistakes that by simply running the spell and grammar checkers will disappear.  Yes, there are words the spell check will miss.  Those words are the ones that if you find you consistently mix them up you should keep a list in front of you as a reminder.