-=> Quoting BARBARA SHAFFERMAN to CURTIS JOHNSON <=-
BS> A spell checker, on the other hand, definitely has value. I'm a really
BS> good speller and a pretty decent typist. Yet I'm amazed at the typos
BS> that my spell checker picks up that have slipped past my proofreading.
BS> Maybe 3 or 4 every 2,000 words.
My curse as late has been missed words--neither grammar nor
spelling checker is likely to catch that.
CJ> You'd be surprised. (Now, was that a cliche or not? It certainly is
CJ> a catch-phrase, but catch-phrases are not necessarily cliches. In a
CJ> piece of prose
BS> Definitely a catch-phrase, not a cliche. When you're reading dialog, I
BS> think you can almost visualize a character's tone of voice with
BS> phrases like "You'd be surprised".
But in a piece of nonfiction prose, the phrase should certainly
be reworked, I'd think.
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