Re: Spell Checkers

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From: William Jeremiah
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 06:47

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Phil Longstaff (phill@dnbf01.dev.cdx.mot.com) wrote:
: Jacob C Kesinger (n9146070@janice.cc.wwu.edu) wrote:
: : gbaron@sparc.isl.net (Gilbert Baron) writes:
: : I went through and turned most of the rules off, such as
: : passive sentences.  (Passive sentences, BTW, are perfectly
: : good English, Mr. Gates).  Basically, all its used for
: : now is to check my punctuation (sp).
:                                             ^^^
: Don't forget to turn it on. (should be "it's").

No actually he was right and you aren't.  Its (without) is the contraction
and it's (with) is the possessive.  He said "...all it is used for" which
required the contraction (without).  I can't think of any other word that
is backwards in this way.

Jerry


: Phil
: --
: Phil Longstaff, Motorola ISG, Mississauga Ontario

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From: jeremi@crl.com (William Jeremiah)
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