atw: Re: words to watch out for

Hi Bob,

 

Apart from the ones already mentioned, there is also the/then,
suit/suite, fist/first, though/through, an/any and wok/work to add to
your list.

 

I also check for incorrect tense such as mentions/mentioned etc..

 

Cheers,

 

Bruce

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From: Bob Trussler [mailto:bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:37 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Debbie.Hope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: words to watch out for

 

Debbie, 

I expect that managment would be spotted by a spell checker.

I meant words that are correctly spelled and should be spotted by an
editor or proofreader but not a spellchecker.  Both from and form could
be in the same sentence, but if one was typed wrongly, it may be
overlooked by the writer.   This is why I specifically looked for them. 

Bob T

 

On 10/5/06, Debbie Hope <Debbie.Hope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

hi Bob

I seem to always type managment instead of management.

Cheers

Debbie

 

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
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<mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of Bob Trussler
Sent: Thursday, 5 October 2006 1:06 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: words to watch out for

 

Years ago, I had a list of words to look for when doing a final spell
and 'sensibility' check. 

I looked for every filed/field, form/ from, disk/dick (yes it went out
in a doc, something about floppy dicks ... I am not making this up) and
a heap of others,  many of them anagrams.  

 

Does anyone have a list of tricky words to look out for? 

Bob Trussler

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