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dartharva ◴[] No.44334684[source]
I never understood the appeal of grammar tools. If you have reached the minimum professional/academic level needed to be designated to write something, shouldn't you at least be capable of verifying its semantic "correctness" just by reading through it once yourself?

Why would you pass a writing job to someone who isn't 100% fluent in the language and then make up for it by buying complex tools?

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1. Finnucane ◴[] No.44337864[source]
I’m a production editor at an uni press, and I can tell you there’s not a strong correlation between professional/academic level and writing well.