Props for us from Reader's Digest! (cross-posted)

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Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

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Aug 17, 2011, 12:39:53 PM8/17/11
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In the current Reader's Digest: "How to Appear More Intelligent ... Nothing will shave 30 points off your perceived IQ more quickly than bad grammar ... Spell-check ... is one of the world's greatest inventions. Use it religiously to correct your typing mistakes."

Gotta love it!

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PETER SLAVIN

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     Spell-check makes plenty of errors of its own.   It can't be trusted.
 
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Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

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Aug 28, 2011, 11:11:47 AM8/28/11
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Peter said: < Spell-check makes plenty of errors of its own. ... >

True, but many people don't even do that. The advice was to *at least* use spellchecker to catch egregious typing mistakes.

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