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On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:41:51 +1300, Enkidu wrote:

> On 08/01/11 14:19, Sweetpea wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:23:15 +1300, EMB wrote:
>>
>>> You didn't read the link Cliff posted did you - 'Standard English' is
>>> not a constant and covers *any* usage within the geographical area
>>> which said usage is the norm.
>>
>> And I said GOOD Standard English. I didn't say "Standard American
>> English".
>>
> That proves that you didn't read the reference.

Frankly, I don't care if you want to check spells - but that is something
I don't do.


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On 10/01/11 07:14, Sweetpea wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:41:51 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>
>> On 08/01/11 14:19, Sweetpea wrote:
>>> On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:23:15 +1300, EMB wrote:
>>>
>>>> You didn't read the link Cliff posted did you - 'Standard
>>>> English' is not a constant and covers *any* usage within the
>>>> geographical area which said usage is the norm.
>>>
>>> And I said GOOD Standard English. I didn't say "Standard
>>> American English".
>>>
>> That proves that you didn't read the reference.
>
> Frankly, I don't care if you want to check spells - but that is
> something I don't do.
>
I don't check spell. I spell check.

Cheers,

Cliff

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The ends justifies the means - Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli.

The end excuses any evil - Sophocles

On , , Sat, 8 Jan 2011 01:19:57 +0000 (UTC), Re: Tagalog Spell checker for
Office 2010, Sweetpea <> wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:23:15 +1300, EMB wrote:
>
>> You didn't read the link Cliff posted did you - 'Standard English' is
>> not a constant and covers *any* usage within the geographical area which
>> said usage is the norm.
>
>And I said GOOD Standard English. I didn't say "Standard American
>English".

So there is a sub category of "Standard English" (not that it exists apart from
in David Murrays imagination) called "GOOD Standard English."
Well I never, he has been busy.
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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor
to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
Anatole France.

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:06:15 +1300, Enkidu wrote:

> I don't check spell. I spell check.

Indeed - it is highly unusual for someone to write "check spell". It is
usually written as "spell check" - as you have correctly pointed out - if
they're checking spells.

Otherwise people check their spelling of words using either a dictionary
or a spelling checker.


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"Filtering the Internet is like trying to boil the ocean"

On 10/01/11 22:31, Sweetpea wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:06:15 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>
>> I don't check spell. I spell check.
>
> Indeed - it is highly unusual for someone to write "check spell". It is
> usually written as "spell check" - as you have correctly pointed out - if
> they're checking spells.
>
> Otherwise people check their spelling of words using either a dictionary
> or a spelling checker.
>
I spell check. It's magical.

Cheers,

Cliff

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The ends justifies the means - Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli.

The end excuses any evil - Sophocles