RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them] to Self Improvement • 8 months ago

Looking to improve my writing, spelling, and grammar.

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Looking to improve my writing, spelling, and grammar.

RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them] to Self Improvement • 8 months ago

I use LanguageTool and while it helps correct my grammar and spelling, which is great in my day-to-day work, I know that it also doesn't help me be proactive about correcting those mistakes myself. I have a lot of bad muscle memory and generally poor spelling and grammar, and often I rely on LanguageTool to correct what, I feel, are mistakes that are, elementary, at best.

The hard part is, I feel like there are not many resources or tools out there to help an adult like myself improve these aspects of my writing. This is ignorance on my part I'm sure, but also when searching in the past, the results are always geared towards children.

I would like to feel less reliant on LanguageTool and tools like it, and feel more confident about my spelling and writing generally. I'm often second guessing myself, even when I spell something correctly.

Just to illustrate the issue, behind this spoiler is an uncorrected version of this message. Which was hard for me to not use LanguageTool to correct during the writing process.

I use LanguageTool and while it helps correct my gramar and spelling which is great in my day to day work, I know that it also doesn't help me be proactive about correcting those mistakes my self. I have a lot of bad mussle memory and generally poor spelling and gramar, and often I'm relying on LanguageTool to correct what I feel are mistakes that are, elementery, at best.

The hard part is, I feel like there are not a lot of resources or tools out there to help an adult like my self improve these aspects of my writting. This is ignorance on my part I'm sure, but also when searching in the past, the results are always geared towards children.

I would like to feel less relient on LanguageTool and tools like it, and feel more confident about my spelling and writing generally. I'm often second gussing myself even when I spell something correctly.

Just to illistrate the issue, behind this spoiler is an uncorrected version of this message. Which was hard for me to not use LanguageTool to correct during the writing process.

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WhyEssEff [she/her]
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8 months ago
Also have ADHD, though it does help that I was diagnosed and medicated after Kindergarten. Solidarity on that front

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