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Article #739Re: Non-word "accreditate" in /usr/dict/words
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1988 01:33
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1988 01:33
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In article <1697@desint.UUCP> geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) writes: -In article <1338@hoqax.UUCP> twb@hoqax.UUCP (BEATTIE) writes: -> This machine accepts "sincerly" as correctly spelled when it should only -> accept "sincerely". -This is because of the optimistic design of spell(1). Spell has a list of -suffix rules, which it applies to all words indiscriminately. A suffix -that only makes sense on a verb (e.g., -ment) will be applied to nouns, -adverbs, and adjectives as well. Thus, for example, spell accepts -"sincerement" as well as "sincerly" (I just checked). Spell (at least the System V version) has a "stop list" that can be tweaked to catch common errors such as "sincerly" that slip through the net. Not great, but it works.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: Non-word "accreditate" in /usr/dict/words Message-ID: <7481@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 20 Mar 88 01:33:43 GMT References: <1693@desint.UUCP> <2222@isis.UUCP> <1338@hoqax.UUCP> <1697@desint.UUCP> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 13