I first do rank spelling. Then I do a search for "of die" "in die" and "with die". If none show up the likelihood is the issue is not present in a particular book. I also might search fir diem and diese but rank spelling would have found those for me. The thing is, using it makes it possible for a validator to quickly spot patterns and then perhaps selectively use find and replace. But context is so important that noticing the pattern helps fix things in batches.
Do folks think this is a good edition for tips list? We can name it "the die strategy". E. At 09:03 PM 11/9/2006, you wrote:
Good ideas. And I know you've recommended the phrase way before; I wish I'd remembered that before. So do you recommend checking for certain known-to-occur errors after using the Kurzweill checking rather than reading? It probably saves a lot of time and would, I suspect, result in books with an Excellent rating. I wonder if I could bring myself to do that, i.e. spell-check and then look for common errors rather than read the book, or if I'm too compulsive in this area (I'm certainly not in houscleaning,smile) Of course, there's still the problem of eliminating end-of-line returns in scans that have them; I might as well read as I go along and do that. Thinking, Cindy --- Elizabeth and Burton <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A way to deal with the "die" for "the" issue, of > course, is to do one of > several things. > > The most radical and brute force way is to search > individually for every > occurence of die. This sounds difficult. Actually > it is amazing easy and > can be done with half your brain while the other > half does something > equally routine. The half of the brain wirking on > the issue will evaluate > each die in context. > > It is also possible to speed up the above the > process by doing searches for > the stock "the phrases" using "die" as in > "with die" > "of "die" > "and die" > "in die" > "behind die" > "before die" > > and words which also occur such as > diese for these > diem for them > dieology for theology > dieory for theory > > and usually a book with die for the suffers from 1 > instead of I. > > E. > At 08:13 PM 11/9/2006, you wrote: > >Except for words that are not mis-spelled but are > not > >correct in context. One of the books I'm validating > >now is pretty perfect except for several "or" > >substitutions for "of" And another book I'm working > on > >has quite a few "die" for "the." > > > >Cindy > > > > > >--- Elizabeth and Burton <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >wrote: > > > > > Excellent. So you will have access to rank > > > spelling. This tool makes > > > correctiong spelling so fast and accurate. > > > > > > E. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email to > > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject > > > line. To get a list of available commands, put > the > > > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>_________________________________________________________________________ ___________> >Want to start your own business? > >Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > >http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list > >of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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