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I think I missed my cue upthread, so I'll just recommend ieSpell now.
I confess to being too dependent on spell-check. But it's just so much easier to use one than check each word I am unsure of in a dictionary. And I catch a good percentage of my typos that way too.
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I saw a post title on another board "Anyone else dealing with a mimmick?(is that spelt right?)". I didn't even open it. I knew I would make a snarky reply.
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Here's a double negative along the lines you already posted, MPH: "I cannot disprove that." This is correct, and contains a very distinct idea from "I can prove this."
On a similar note, "It is likely that I did it" does not mean precisely "It is not likely that I didn't do it."
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The Party has taken careful note of who supports the true agenda of the proletariat; bourgeois lapdogs beware! We know who you are.
On the subject of spellcheckers, the true revolutionary does not need such crutches; correct doctrine flows from his keyboard as water from a spring. When the Revolution comes, all such programs will be consigned to the ash-heap of history along with the rest of Micro$oft's evil. The will of the people shall prevail!
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I'm still trying to refine irony, cynicism and sarcasm. If I identify a difference between two of them, that makes one of them synonymous with the third.
Damn!
JH
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Our branch of National Honor Society is starting a tutoring program with one of the elementary schools in town, and yesterday was the first day. I had to check the multiplication and division homework of a couple of fifth graders, and I was taken by surprise when I had to do one of the problems out simply to double check that I was doing everything in the right order. That said, I was certainly capable of doing the multiplication and division problems without the help of a calculator, it's just been a very long time since I've had to.
I don't think we should get too dependant on calculators, but I'm certainly not going into my Calc class without a TI-89. As for spell check, I don't think we have to start really worrying until the spellcheck starts changing ur to your and idunno to I don't know. Once that becomes possible, there's no chance of anyone learning spelling or grammar.
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I never use spell check or anything- except my brain of course, and maybe Dictionary.com if i'm unsure of a word's spelling or meaning. - But I will tell ya, my hand writing sure has gone down the moon shute ever since I got onto computers. I think it's our site owning author, Mr. Card, that really has the writing problems though- seriously, you seen his autograph? - Circleshwoop-scribble-Circleshwish-scribble-Circleshwoop ..
Forgive me if this word is existent, and if my vocabulary lacks its presence - but I believe you were referring to "shoot"? It does kind of step on your point...
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JH- who are you talking to? I don't see the word shute in the three or so posts above yours and I'm too lazy to check the whole thread for one word to see your reference.
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