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Subject:Re: Who is an ESL writer? From:Kari Gulbrandsen <kkgulbrandsen -at- gmail -dot- com> To:salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com Date:Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:58:51 -0400
I don't know anybody who would use or does use auto correct for
proofreading.
Kari (who has had auto correct change her words to nonsense on more than
one occasion)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > The best I can suggest it to make it obvious in all your interactions
> > (written and oral) with potential employers that your English is more
> than
> > sufficient for the job.
> >
>
> ...and don't rely so heavily on auto-correct to perform proofreading on
> your drafts. For writers of any type, I suggest that this is just as
> important for informal email as it is for professional works.
>
> > Chris (who well recognizes that "Pobody's Nerfect")
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