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Subject: re: dangers of spellcheck
From: "Kevin Amery" <kevindamery -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:20:58 -0500

I worked on a book once in which no one spotted that the first pre-chapter
was called "Forward" instead of "Foreward" until 5,000 copies had been
printed....

On 10/30/06, Sarah Bouchier <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com> wrote:


>Actually, you can do a good job on your own text... but only
>after it's too late. That's a rule, enforced by the universe.
>Really. If you put the work aside for a time, you'll come
>back to it with essentially "fresh" eyes. Oh, the horrors
>you'll discover. "For a time" means weeks, not hours.

Actually, in my experience, 'for a time' means 'just long enough to send
off to clients/publishers'...

S.
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References:
RE: dangers of spellcheck: From: mlist
RE: dangers of spellcheck: From: Sarah Bouchier

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