Comments on: The Plague of Bork’d Spellcheckers http://whining.weaselhut.net/2008/10/24/the-plague-of-borkd-spellcheckers/ where democracy speaks Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Fris http://whining.weaselhut.net/2008/10/24/the-plague-of-borkd-spellcheckers/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 Fris Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:33:55 +0000 http://whining.weaselhut.net/?p=172#comment-5599 "Gone are the days when an editor would meticulously pour over every word to ensure that what got printed was pure gold." Being pedantic myself, I believe you meant "pore over every word". Spellcheckers won't spot incorrect homonyms in any event - there's no substitute for the trained eye and literate brain. “Gone are the days when an editor would meticulously pour over every word to ensure that what got printed was pure gold.”

Being pedantic myself, I believe you meant “pore over every word”. Spellcheckers won’t spot incorrect homonyms in any event – there’s no substitute for the trained eye and literate brain.

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