[ExI] silly 'rules'

[BillK]

On 18 September 2015 at 19:28, Dan  wrote:
> That should've been an "if" as Adrian noted. Also, looking it over, I
> should've QAed the whole thing.
>
> It should've read:
>
> "I'm saying one should NOT limit oneself to trying to be like them in terms
> of writing -- as IF ANYONE writing unlike Hemingway (or unlike a caricature
> of Hemingway) has missed the boat."
>
> Please forgive the confusion. Or call me Entropian. ;)
>


Do you think modern authors are worse writers now they use word
processors with spellcheck, autocorrect, grammar checkers, thesaurus
and formatting? And online fact checks and searches?

BillK