02-19-14 09:23 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: ARRL W1AW Code   
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    HG> @MSGID: <5305E996.252.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 02-17-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> GM Ed,   
      
    EV>I didn't check my spelling with that WordWeb program as I should   
    EV>had. But I was close wasn't I?   .... ..   
      
    HG> As odd as it seems I have never used a spell checker and I wish   
    HG> that the editors (journalists) at one of the local papers would   
    HG> use their brains a bit more instead of blindly trusting that   
    HG> the spelling is correct.   
      
    HG> There are many words that differ by just one letter in the word   
    HG> that have a different meaning but are accepted by the spell   
    HG> checker because they are correctly spelled but gramatically   
    HG> faulty in the context.   
      
   GE Holger,   
      
   The software the journalists use might have a Grammar Checker.   
   I don't know if those work or not.   
      
   My only experience with a WP that had a GC in it said what I wrote   
   was 8th Grade School level.   
      
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