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Default Political correctness at work


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:44:29 -0500, "Eisboch"
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I know. Without a spell check, I am screwed. I use a little Averatec
computer on the boat and it doesn't have Microsoft Word installed.
Outlook
Express relies on Word for the spell check feature, so ...


The real mischief with spell checkers arises when a typo or mistake
turns into another word spelled correctly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clause



Nobody could create a spell checker that would save me. Grammer and
spelling were never my strong suits. Most of the writing I did was in
technical reports or proposals and nobody that read them noticed or cared
much. In engineering, if a word doesn't exist to describe or explain
something, you just invent one.

Eisboch




 
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