[bksvol-discuss] Re: A different typo question
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:28:23 -0700
Off the top of my head, I'd say there is no way. How can the computer know for
sure that fight isn't actually the correct word? It doesn't appear to analyze
the context when it makes corrections, or if it does, it is very limited. I
think you have to look at each one and make sure from the context that you have
fight when fight is appropriate, and right when right is appropriate.
I suppose you could do a search and replace on the whole phrase "his fight
hand" and replace it with "his right hand". But there could be many other
instances in which the words "fight" and "right" appear. For instance, you
couldn't just do one replacing "his fight" with "his right", because "his
fight" is perfectly sensible in the right context: "His fight was with the
British, not with the French." The phrase "fight hand" might work okay,
though. It pays to be cautious when making global corrections. Corrections
such as "thc" to "the" are easy because "thc" isn't a word. But corrections
from one actual word to another can be problematic if you don't look at the
context.
Come to think of it, I've never actually seen the phrase "his fight hand", but
I can imagine that it could come up. So looking at the context is important.
----- Original Message -----
From: Anastasia Saridakis
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:43 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A different typo question
I have a question on this topic, ok so its off on a small tangent. I
understand there is a way to change a word in a file everytime it is seen with
one move. FOr example t h c for the word the. I have done that many times.
However what if the word the scanner picks up is a real word. for exampleL His
f i g h t hand is large. instead of r i g hh t. is there a way to change that
wih one move in a file? just asking thanks.
Anastasia
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