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to: Holger Granholm
from: Ed Vance
date: 2014-02-20 21:46:00
subject: Re: ARRL W1AW Code Practi

02-19-14 09:23 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: ARRL W1AW Code
racti

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 HG> In a message dated 02-17-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

 HG> GM Ed,

 EV>I didn't check my spelling with that WordWeb program as I should
 EV>had. But I was close wasn't I?   .... ..

 HG> As odd as it seems I have never used a spell checker and I wish
 HG> that the editors (journalists) at one of the local papers would
 HG> use their brains a bit more instead of blindly trusting that
 HG> the spelling is correct.

 HG> There are many words that differ by just one letter in the word
 HG> that have a different meaning but are accepted by the spell
 HG> checker because they are correctly spelled but gramatically
 HG> faulty in the context.

GE Holger,

The software the journalists use might have a Grammar Checker.
I don't know if those work or not.

My only experience with a WP that had a GC in it said what I wrote
was 8th Grade School level.

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