Comments on: Spell Check Doesn’t Help http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/ Speaking My Mind Since 1963 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Iain http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-14389 Iain Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:33:29 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-14389 rofl! rofl!

]]> By: Iain http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-14390 Iain Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:32:53 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-14390 Love it! Spell checkers and other computerized editors are no mach for superior knowledge of the rules of written English. I say "written" to draw attention to the increased propensity for people to write as they speak; also very irksome when done frequently. Think of it like a good horror/suspense film; minimalist wins. Love it!

Spell checkers and other computerized editors are no mach for superior knowledge of the rules of written English. I say "written" to draw attention to the increased propensity for people to write as they speak; also very irksome when done frequently.

Think of it like a good horror/suspense film; minimalist wins.

]]> By: Paula Lovgren http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-13143 Paula Lovgren Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:20:48 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-13143 The poor commas! I had a writing class where this classmate would put about 100 commas in my work when she critiqued it. Her theory was there should be a comma wherever you would take a breath while reading. I thought she should see a doctor for her breathing problem. Spare the comma! The poor commas! I had a writing class where this classmate would put about 100 commas in my work when she critiqued it. Her theory was there should be a comma wherever you would take a breath while reading. I thought she should see a doctor for her breathing problem. Spare the comma!

]]> By: Joan http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12641 Joan Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:54:20 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12641 Typesetters have passed this around for years. A quick web check attributes it to "anonymous." "Ode to the Spell Checker!" Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew. Typesetters have passed this around for years. A quick web check attributes it to “anonymous.”

“Ode to the Spell Checker!”

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

]]> By: Greg Wolf http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12487 Greg Wolf Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:08:29 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12487 I,have got, to get, this grammer, sh...t down, better: I,have got, to get, this grammer, sh…t down, better:

]]> By: @TheDailyBlonde http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12472 @TheDailyBlonde Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:05:18 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12472 I haven't read it...but I think I'm going to!! I haven't read it…but I think I'm going to!!

]]> By: Sharon http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12457 Sharon Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:32:27 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12457 I was going to ask if you'd ever read Lynn Truss's book:" Eats, Shoots, and Leaves," but I see someone has already mentioned her book. Such a fun book for us grammar sticklers. "Stickle on, Cheryl!!" I was going to ask if you'd ever read Lynn Truss's book:" Eats, Shoots, and Leaves," but I see someone has already mentioned her book. Such a fun book for us grammar sticklers. "Stickle on, Cheryl!!"

]]> By: thedailyblonde http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12430 thedailyblonde Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:46:12 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12430 I abuse the word "however"...I use it a lot.....that and "so"...and "OOOOK" I'm just a word abuser. I abuse the word "however"…I use it a lot…..that and "so"…and "OOOOK"

I'm just a word abuser.

]]> By: Jen http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12429 Jen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:44:38 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12429 I'm a recovering apostrophe abuser - it's and its are my weakness. I'm a recovering apostrophe abuser – it's and its are my weakness.

]]> By: Dee http://thedailyblonde.com/2010/01/spell-check-doesnt-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12425 Dee Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:27:51 +0000 http://thedailyblonde.com/?p=2388#comment-12425 As someone who loves commas, I have to agree. I tend to use them completely incorrectly. That being said, I still got an 8 out of 10 on the quiz :) Oh damn emoticons....but that is a rant for another day :P As someone who loves commas, I have to agree. I tend to use them completely incorrectly. That being said, I still got an 8 out of 10 on the quiz :)

Oh damn emoticons….but that is a rant for another day :P

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