Any other copywriters out there who can’t spell worth shit? If I didn’t have autocorrect I’d be screwed.

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My copywriter is terrible at spelling but is a great writer. I’m an Art Director and I am great at spelling and grammar. I check all his copy. He also checks all my Art Direction. Team work makes the dream work.

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The best copywriters I ever met we’re terrible at spelling. The worst ones were the ones who’d get all pissy about spelling. Great writers are more abstract, focusing on making a big idea simple and clear. Lousy writers focus all their energy on calling out you didn’t use the correct “whose” or “their.”

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That’s a good point. I agree with that.

The spelling’s ok but the finer details of grammar (rules like dangling prepositions, AP-style etc.), that’s all Google, baby. Feel like such a fraud when I say I’m a writer and couldn’t from memory tell you the difference between a concrete or abstract noun! 🤡

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I'm so bad at spelling that, when I get a tough word right, I add an x to the end JUST to be sure spellcheck is working

Other times I spell a word so wrong, Word doesn't know what I meant.

So. Yeah. I'm with you.

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OMG! I'm not alone.

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I am so happy you posted this.

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Yo tambien!!

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I’m so bad that it’s frankly embarrassing.

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Yes! And now I’m in a market where they expect me to proofread and adopt British spelling. Halp.

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And you guys add y’s in all the wrong places. Tyres, pyjamas. You don’t even pronounce it pie-jamas!

🙋🏼‍♂️

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Yus.

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