So in response to my previous blog post wondering whether we need editors in this technology-infused world…
YES, WE DO. (As you can also tell from the title of this blog post…)
But why do we need editors when Word has spell-check and most modern phones have auto-correct?
As we have all experienced, spell check doesn’t catch every mistake either, as multiple news agencies pressed for time have proved:
So while modern-day technology with the red and green squiggly lines certainly help catch some glaring errors, they don’t pick up on nearly enough. And that’s why we have editors.
Technology is advanced. Technology certainly does make our lives easier. But technology doesn’t understand the nuances and idiosyncrasies of human language.
Instead, it takes the very human eye, and of course, the human brain too, to pick up on things that a machine can’t—things like sarcasm, slang, and sometimes even just downright straightforward grammar!
And if you need more reasons why, here’s a great list-icle from Lifehack about the weird errors found in documents relying only on spell check!
So the next time someone tells you editors are just… useless grammar nazis… (that took a lot out of me, just to type that urgh!) send them here!
Till the next post! 😉 And remember folks, the human eye is better!
Geraldine Stallard 