On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:40:43 +0800, J. J. Young wrote:
> On 08/04/00 Sam Heywood wrote:
>> Spell checkers are nice-to-have features. Looking up words in dictionaries
>> can be slow. Another nice thing about spell-checkers is that they will
>> usually catch a typo error. It is very important in a mailing list like
>> this to pay very close attention to your spelling because there are many
>> list members whose primary language is not English. When they should
>> encounter a word that they can't find in a dictionary, they will write back
>> to inquire about it's meaning. Of course it is most embarrassing to have
>> to explain to everybody that you have made a spelling mistake that you could
>> have easily avoided if you had used a spell-checker.
> -- Sorry Sam, time to pounce. Please grab the nearest teacher of English
> and get him/her to tell you what's wrong with >to inquire about it's meaning.
> Clue: the apostrophe has been included incorrectly.
You are right. Good pounce. I do know better, but I slipped up this time.
It's easy for me to be humble when I am forced to realize that on a few rare
occasions I might make a mistake.
> -- This error seems very common among American non-professional writers.
> My first acquaintances with the shareware concept left me wondering how
> good the software could possibly be when its documentation was filled with
> such elementary errors.
I am acquainted with a highly cultivated gentleman who is the most admirable
and masterful genius in his specialized technical field, but his ability
to express himself well in writing really sux.
<snip>
> All the best,
> Jake
Same to you,
Sam
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