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Why spellcheck is a good idea

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UPDATED: Thursday, December 27, 2007 13:56
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:31 AM

This is from Craigslist, would you buy from this person? (personal info removed)

full size spiderman cunputer - $2000
asus 64 bit mother bord 512 dullcanal memery 4 slots asus vga driver 2d 3d grapfhic &video accelerator it has 4 slots for hard drivs 4 slots cd drivs 80 gig hard drive pci exp slot windows ep home it lits up in side and out side 500.00w power supply prosiser is 2.2 overclot 2.4

mother bord? dullcanal memery? And overclotting, gotta watch out for that!

I have 6 locks on my door and bolt every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they're always locking 3 locks.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007 11:03 AM

KIRKULES

I hate to say it but that is exactly how I would come across without spellcheck. I almost posted this with out using spell check first to show my true self, but after seeing all the highlighted words I couldn't bring myself to do it.

Love your Tag, Moody Blues are awesome. Just bought tickets to see them in March.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007 11:16 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE

Yeah, but you DID use it, and you probably didn't have the number of mistakes. And I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous, I have never been able to go to a Mooody concert!

I have 6 locks on my door and bolt every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they're always locking 3 locks.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007 3:18 PM

FARFLY

Hmmm, seems to me that all you would get from running a spell check on that ad would be "Huh?"

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Monday, December 24, 2007 1:23 AM

BORIS

I try not to use spell check here...I figure you don't have spell check in normal conversations, so just leave your grammatical/morphological/spelling errors in, it's more natural. flawed is good in un professional settings.

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Monday, December 24, 2007 1:31 AM

CITIZEN

Quote:
Originally posted by boris:
I try not to use spell check here...I figure you don't have spell check in normal conversations, so just leave your grammatical/morphological/spelling errors in, it's more natural. flawed is good in un professional settings.

You also don't have spelling in normal conversation, being spoken an' all. You can still slip in more natural communication forms like contractions (and "an' all"

) while using spell checking software. You don't have to replace all highlighted words, just the ones that should be spelled correctly. Not using a spell checker can lead to an unreadable mess at times, there's no natural communication, if there's no communication.

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:18 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE

The main thing that struck me was the fact that this is a computer he's trying to sell, a sophisticated piece of electronics, and yet he desribes it in hillbilly style. I have no confidence that this pc even works.

I have 6 locks on my door and bolt every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they're always locking 3 locks.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:31 AM

FARFLY

This has probably been posted before but.....

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Even if this is true, it doesn't make that ad any easier to read..

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:44 AM

MONGO

yes but you have the right letters in their. old boy with the computer didn't

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Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:50 AM

CRUITHNE3753

Also, "Spicy Noggin" is a much more amusing name than "Soichi Noguchi".

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Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:56 PM

BORIS

that's one way of looking at it...I just prefer not to use it for written conversations...then again I am a reasonably good speeller and edit while i right. (and I think I'm funny)

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