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Never heard of it I'm afraid, though I must say that, if it were me, I'd rather practice and learn from errors that I've made. It saves you money and helps you grow as a writer.
If you do choose to go for it then good luck with it. Hope it's not a rip off.
JD
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The original sentence is fine. I wouldn't fret about style- as long as the reader can understand the idea, it's fine. Hope this helps.
Dragonwriter
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I just purchased WhiteSmoke, waiting on my download email from them. I'll let you know how the software goes.
As for the style, I don't think that's a style problem. That's an action problem, one that I had myself. One thing that helped me was place all the being verbs on a sticky on your computer monitor. Then put a big do not use sign on them.
It'll take awhile, but it worked for me. I very rarely use a being verb now, and only when it is absolutely necessary.
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let me know if you like it. I'm still on the fense about getting it or not. Having a spelling and grammar checker on every typable area sounds pretty awesome.
For one, we could check our spelling and grammar in the text boxes we post with on this site.
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Sorry, can't help you out on finding any software like that.
As someone reads, they don't really notice things like that often.
As long as you get your point across then it is fine. Of course, it is important that you are happy with your work and how you write what you are trying the say you want it to...
Would it be too much trouble to go through your work after, and then check by yourself? I know its not really the most convenient thing to have to do but if you want to make your writing the best way you can, it is worth it most of the time.
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You could always do a word search for was, is, are, to be, to have... and other words associated with passive writing.
You may not want to eliminate all of them, as they can be effective...
There's a style/ grammar search function in Word that checks for passive tense and a like, a good make-shift editor, but I wouldnt rely on it for everything.
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