Maverick text expansion is mucked up. Solution? Or 3rd party?

Big text expansion user. 300 of em, using hundreds of times a day. Loved Spell Catcher for 12 years, and switched last year to Apple's internal text expansion system (System Preferences: Keyboard: Text).
But it's quite broken on my system (10.9.3); shortcuts don't expand, or only expand in one app but not another, or some days they work and others not. So I'm looking either for a solution, or suggestions from other Big Users for going back to one of the 3rd Party utilities.
Question 1: is there a way start fresh with Apple's internal text expansion system. If so, I'll try that. I don't even mind retyping all of the text expansions by hand. I've taken screenshots of the 270 that I have, and am willing to just redo them, if that will fix it so that when I type the shortcut into the majority of Apple apps (mainly Messages, Pages, Mail, and Safari), they work. I'm savvy enough to know how to reveal hidden files, and I hear that this the broke file could be the .GlobalPreferences.plist. But it could be something else. More, I want to know if all of this will fix it, or if I'm better off going with a 3rd Party.
Question 2: if some of you Big Users have seen the same issues, which 3rd Party utility are you finding the most robust. I already own TypeItForMe, and Spell Catcher is still in limbo (since the owner passed away). I'm open to whatever text expansion lovers suggest.
Thanks as always.

I like to use TextExpander
http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/index.html
Works for native apps, and third party app alike.

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