http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Handwriting: The Flow of Writing Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:20:28 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/#comment-507 [...] editing a snap. Instant find/replace for name changes. The spell-check function (which should be used warily but is still handy). Easy insertion of new paragraphs, or moving entire [...] [...] editing a snap. Instant find/replace for name changes. The spell-check function (which should be used warily but is still handy). Easy insertion of new paragraphs, or moving entire [...]

]]> http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Typo? Or Not a Typo? That is the Question Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:46:24 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/#comment-290 [...] And those kind of errors are what make things like automatic spell-checks useful, instead of detrimental. These kinds of errors, though, are not the same thing as ones caused by carelessness, or a sloppy [...] [...] And those kind of errors are what make things like automatic spell-checks useful, instead of detrimental. These kinds of errors, though, are not the same thing as ones caused by carelessness, or a sloppy [...]

]]> http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-274 JC Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:00:22 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/#comment-274 SpellCheck is a bloody nuisence, useless for anyone having a vocabulary of over ~800 words. It can be helpful in rooting out the 'teh's and 'adn's, but that's it. SyntaxCheck might be useful, but my AI buddies tell me that a decent version is not on the horizon. GrammarCheck seems intent on achieving nothing but the obliteration of extra spaces between words. Excuse me, I'm sorry, I tell a lie. SpellCheck is useful as a generator of comic anecdotes SpellCheck is a bloody nuisence, useless for anyone having a vocabulary of over ~800 words. It can be helpful in rooting out the ‘teh’s and ‘adn’s, but that’s it. SyntaxCheck might be useful, but my AI buddies tell me that a decent version is not on the horizon. GrammarCheck seems intent on achieving nothing but the obliteration of extra spaces between words.
Excuse me, I’m sorry, I tell a lie. SpellCheck is useful as a generator of comic anecdotes

]]> http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Gillian Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:23:22 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/#comment-267 This is so true. It's newspapers that annoy me as I don't think they use spell-check or even reread their articles. This is so true. It’s newspapers that annoy me as I don’t think they use spell-check or even reread their articles.

]]> http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Sue Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:49:10 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/01/05/independent-thinking/#comment-266 Oh my...That is too funny. I very nearly had orange juice come out my nose just then. Oh my…That is too funny. I very nearly had orange juice come out my nose just then.

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