[stylist] Ah, the imperfections of Spell Check

[Donna Hill]

Hi Friends,

You've probably heard me say many times that Spell Check can't be trusted. I
swear I'm going to  do an article about it sometime, but meanwhile, here's
an amusing example I found today, as I was Spell-Checking my book. This is
the sentence as I had it, and as it remains:

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The children were to write lines about Curly Connor's other colors.

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Here's what MS Spell Check suggested:

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The children were to write lines about Curly Connor are other colors.

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A classic case of Word's inability to distinguish between possessives and
contractions.

Donna

 

 

 





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