Hi, Bill.

BG> BG> True, but it also proves that I don't use a spelling-checker.

BG> FM> No it doesn't.

BG> BG> Sorry, I meant to type
"grammar-syntax-context-spelling-checker",
BG> BG> but was initially too lazy to do so.  I wish I had now...

BG> FM> Too late! You can't get away that easily. (But if you find one of
BG> FM> those, I *want* one!

BG> My immediate reaction was going to be "you'd be lucky",
but such an app
BG> would likely be possible, albeit positively immense in size (and probably
BG> incredibly slow to run, due to the vast amount of cross-checking involved).

I'm not even sure about possible. In that specific example, you could
say, "Shakespeare is a valid English work" or "Shakespeare is a valid
English word".

Not to mention the usual ones like, "Time flies like an arrow".

BG> However, there is still no substitute for having learned correct grammar,
BG> syntax etc at school,

Yes.

BG> and as far as poor spelling is concerned, I'd rather keep my
BG> comments to myself, lest I offend others.

Anyone in mind? :-)

BG> Take RTL for example (please!),

:-)

BG> he professes to be a programmer, yet his spelling is so atrocious,
BG> that I can't imagine any of his programs ever compiling or running
BG> correctly.

I'm not interested.

BG> As an aside, Brisbane City Council held their annual school spelling bee
BG> last week, and it did not surprise me in the least that it was won by a 12
BG> year old Vietnamese boy.  Why do Asians do so well in our educational
BG> institutions?  The only explanation I can offer is that their attitudes
BG> towards learning are far more intense than ours, which is very much in
BG> keeping with my own observation that the majority of local school kids are
BG> simply lazy little shits.

No doubt you're right, although I'm sure you'd also agree it very much
depends on the school, to the extent that it reflects the culture of the
area from which it draws its clientele.

Regards, FIM.

 * * It's easy to apply yourself, if you just use crazy glue!
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