[etni] Why are Spell Check system is not all ways reliable

Why are Spell Check system is not all ways reliable
East Valley Tribune - October 15, 2006

Today’s column is about spelling, a topic that has been much on the minds of folks here at your East Valley Paragraph Factory. More precisely, the topic is “Spell Check,’’ one of the modern conveniences ushered in by the Computer Age.

While there are a lot of conveniences that I could just as soon live without, I do not include Spell Check among them. Like most modern-day Sentence Engineers, I have come to rely on this feature heavily, and it has been a great asset in my bid to appease the retired English teachers who scrutinize my efforts with red ink pen in hands and a scowl on their faces.

In the days before Spell Check, writers would have to consult the dictionary for the proper spelling of words they weren’t sure about. The problem there is that you had to know a word was spelled wrong before you were compelled to look it up, a troublesome paradox indeed.

(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.etni.org/news/spell_check.htm  )


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