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Re: Spelling lesson. RANT
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Posted by buickanddeere on November 18, 2004 at 13:57:38 from (192.75.48.150):
In Reply to: Spelling lesson. RANT posted by rustyfarmall on November 18, 2004 at 07:24:19:
Please use the spell checker and then proof read your message. Do you think my spelling, typos and grammar lousy now? Imagine the rough draft before the corrections.
My Mother-in-law astounds me with her writing. It's elegant calligraphy script, perfectly readable with the spelling and grammar correct with the 1st and only draft.
Again and again I'm amazed to see "hydraulic" spelled as "hydrolic" and goodness only knows what else.
Those figures of about 15% to 25% of the US population being illiterate or functionally illiterate may well be true.
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