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> The way you speak and write reflects on you in more ways than people realize. It can make a Nobel Prize winner look like a hillbilly.

Dyslexia can make spelling errors such as "quite" instead of "quiet" tricky to spot. I'm not aware of any software that's targets this type of heterograph / homophone errors.

Some software autocorrect is notoriously annoying.

People emailing close friends, where there's no expectation of wider distribution, are often less formal than they would be in other situations.

And why would a Nobel prize winner be any good at English spelling and grammar? I expect Russian chemists to be great at chemistry, and let the editors worry about the stylistic stuff.



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