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To: 9thLife

Traagic end to a young life.

That said - the writer/editor/PROOFREADER in me cringes again: “in a a series of valanches triggered...”

I wonder if many papers even HAVE a copywriter or proofreader any more?

My paper went without one for 2-3 years - until they finally figured out ‘spell-check’ doesn’t always cover it.


55 posted on 04/25/2015 6:11:33 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ( million ii, all)
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To: maine-iac7

Spell check, used without proof reading, produces extraordinary oddities because it only determines if a word is properly spelled, not if it’s the right word in context. Thus, if a writer wants to use “precedent” but spells it as “president”, spell check will not catch that error.


81 posted on 04/25/2015 8:28:02 PM PDT by libstripper
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