By: Toronto
Speaking of proofreading, I very much doubt they released their software in 1481, despite what the OCR software thinks.
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I remember the TRS-80 Model III, I always thought that’s what a computer should look like (that and the Commodore PET of course.)
View ArticleBy: Buddy
Noticed one typo and one grammatical error in the original: * atificially vs. artificially * in many writer’s style documents vs. in many writers’ style documents In my younger days, I would let the...
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Another error, visible only on the picture of the original and not on the OCR, is the extra space before the comma in “Proofreader looks up every word in its dictionary , and does not …” The mixup...
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In the early 80s I built a spelling checker on a mini. I created a dictionary of about 32,000 words by crawling through hundreds and hundreds of on-line docs that had been “professionally written”,...
View ArticleBy: Michael C
Circle inquiry NO 7 I have been downloading and google-ing information so long now, that I had forgotten that we used to fill in a card in the back of the magazines and mail off for promotional material.
View ArticleBy: Mike
I am trying to think of my first spelling/grammar checker I had for the MSDOS based PC. I recall the box, and software docs had bright yellow background or edge. The software came with a book on how to...
View ArticleBy: Don F
Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea see It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
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Well Don spell checkers are just that, they check if the word is spelled right, not if it is the right word. Grammar checkers usually check tense and argument and common mistakes like you’re instead of...
View ArticleBy: DrewE
I’m not so sure on “many writer’s style manuals” vs. “many writers’ style manuals.” The many is associated with the manuals; so the question is whether the manuals each pertain to the dashing dress and...
View ArticleBy: Buddy
Yeah, English can be ambiguous. I read it as meaning: … 500 misused phrases as defined in the style manuals of many writers. I think your interpretation is better: … 500 misused phrases as defined in...
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