-=> Quoting Sondra Ball to Jim Casto <=-
 SB> Actually, it is.  The spell checker wil assume the word is correct if
 SB> it is a legit word, even if it's not correctly spelled in the context
 SB> in which it exists.
 As you say "in the context". To my way of thinking, that's a different
 lesson.
 SB> One person who posts on poetry persists in major
 SB> misspellings, all of which would pass the spellchecker.
 That is intentional to call attention to herself. Just like e.e.cummings.
 SB> right, and rite all the same way: r-i-t-e.  These days, I just correct
 SB> her spelling; and do nothing more.
 
 Ewe halve far more patients than Eye.  I actually had a prof that
 refused to even grade a paper that had a lot of spelling errors. He would
 simply mark it "Fix the spelling and turn it back in".
 SB> By the way, I would never correct spelling or grammar on this
 SB> conference.  I would *only* do that on a writers' or poets'
 SB> conference. 
 
 Sounds reasonable.
 Gym
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