[AT] New chainsaw - now spelling - OT

[Bob McNitt]

Ralph -

How true. In the old days every piece to be published was proof read, often 
several times, before going to pre-print page layout galleys. Then, with the 
age of word processing, spell and grammar checkers, and Quark (a computer 
publishing layout program), writers and editors got lazy, depending on the 
programs to do the primary "brain work."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] New chainsaw - now spelling - OT


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] New chainsaw - now spelling - OT
>
>
>> Please, guys, don't remind me. I'm a retired magazine editor.
>>
> This is a topic that often comes up nowadays. Used to be that is was a
> rarity to see spelling or grammer errors in the newspapers or magazines. 
> Now
> it is almost a certainty that there will be errors in every page it seems.
> Some people are just born good at spelling, some at numbers.
> Personally , I think that spell check is contributing to a lot of bad
> spelling and mistakes. I try never to criticize anyone else's spelling 
> since
> I can be as guilty as the next guy.. My Dad used to mis-spell words
> occasionally. I don't think he really liked young whipper-snappers
> correcting his mistakes.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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