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   Message 286 of 2,531   
   Ed Vance to mark lewis   
   Re: ARRL W1AW Code Practi   
   20 Feb 14 21:49:00   
   
   02-20-14 11:44 mark lewis wrote to Holger Granholm about ARRL W1AW Code Practi   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <53068B49.253.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml> @REPLY: <5305E996.252.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml>  On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance:   
      
    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 checker   
    HG> because they are correctly spelled but gramatically faulty in the   
    HG> context.   
      
    ml> you just nailed the exact reason why spell checkers are only   
    ml> one part of the equation... grammar checkers are also highly   
    ml> desired... some grammar checkers use a spell checker as they   
    ml> run but generally, it should be a two pass scenario... one for   
    ml> the spelling and one for the grammar... the grammar pass may   
    ml> turn up additional mis-spellings which can be corrected then ;)   
      
   Mark,   
      
   You stole my thunder, but I forgive you.   
      
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