Re: vocabulary nit-picking

["Falcone al Rasool ibn Muhajir" <polearmed@worldnet.att.net>]

Poster: "Falcone al Rasool ibn Muhajir" <polearmed@worldnet.att.net>

Allah's Peace!!

Spelling Checker

I have a spelling checker
I came with my PC
It clearly marks four my revue
Mistakes I mite knot sea
I've run this poem threw it
I'm sure your glad to no
Its pitcher purfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew

(shamelessly plaguerized(sp?);) from an unknown, but probably notorious,
author)

We just can't get software(that you and I can pay for) to check many things
past spelling.

Falcone
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> From: David KUIJT <kuijt@umiacs.UMD.EDU>
> To: carl christianson <einar@cvn.net>
> Cc: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: vocabulary nit-picking
> Date: Monday, March 10, 1997 4:32 PM
> 
> 
> Poster: David KUIJT <kuijt@umiacs.umd.edu>
> 
> 
> 
> Elen Prydydd wrote:
> 
> > These two words are:  populous and populace.  "Populous" is an
adjective
> > that means, roughly, densely inhabited.  "Populace" is a noun that
> > means, roughly, inhabitants. 
> 
> And then said that the misuse of "populous" was making her twitch.
> 
> Normally I frown on quoting someone and saying "Me Too!" on the net, but
> in this case I'd like to register my support for the correct use of
> English.  Every time I read someone writing about "the populous" I get a
> facial tick.
> 
> Dafydd
> 
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