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

[Ruth E. Thaler-Carter]

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]

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

 

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[Ruth E. Thaler-Carter]

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.