Flawless writing with Google
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Management Bits and Tips 0×1 - Many managers have flawless writing skills (bit). Use Google to check your writing (tip).
It is especially important for non-native English speakers like me. You can search simple sub-sentences and their alterations to compare search results.
For example, today I had a discussion about this sub-sentence:
“It’s main advantage is “
It gives 539 search results. However the sentence without apostrophe
“Its main advantage is “
gives 8,870 search results. Let’s check combinations with two “it”.
- “It’s main advantage is it’s ” - 192
- “Its main advantage is it’s ” - 0
- “It’s main advantage is its ” - 299
- “Its main advantage is its ” - 836
So you get the idea of what is more correct or more widely used from descriptive grammar point of view.
- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -