[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on Spelling
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:41:01 -0400
That is why we say "Excellent almost no errors" so that if we do change
things we weren't supposed to, because most of us don't actually "see" the
text, it is o.k. smile.
All I can say about Spell check, is see the below poem, smile.
Your spell check says it is spelled completely correctly.
obviously it is not.
Smile.
The following poem appeared in a UK national daily. If you run it through a
spell checker it is accepted as no errors, but make sure the grammer checker
is turned off.
Text begins:
I have a spell in chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques for my revue
Miss steaks I kin not see
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee four two long
and eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong
Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather I am wrong or write
It shows me strait a weigh
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased too no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 3:33 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question on Spelling
Faulkner, like many authors, invents words and also has very creative
spelling which may or may not be caught by his publishers and the scanners
or validaters. Even when caught, how does one decide on what to correct or
not to correct. So far my choices have been hit or miss but as a rule I try
to stick with his spelling even when it is just misspelling - he often
uses s instead of z in words like realize and I try to leave them as I think
he wrote them even if he had not meant to misspell the words. I am a devout
believer in the idea that an author's intentions are irrelevant when dealing
with what s/he actually wrote even if we know them. I have, however, heard a
lot of the opposing point of view to admit that correcting misspellings is
not altogether wrong.
Having read so many misspelled papers by freshman composition students that
I am not always sure of correct spelling, I often look up words but if you
don't know the correct spelling looking up a word in a dictionary is not
particularly easy. Thank heavens for Spell Checks but they, too, are not
always reliable. I would welcome more comments on the subject.
Amy
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