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Subject:Re: Embarrassing boo-boos From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Aug 1995 00:03:54 GMT
In article <ljshoots-3107951743400001 -at- lshoots -dot- mitre -dot- org>, ljshoots -at- mitre -dot- org (LJ
Shoots) writes:
>I once included the following step in an instruction for using
>a dialog box:
> "3. Type in the desired text, then lick OK or press Enter."
>Made it through the spell checker, of course. All three of the
>reviewers caught it, of course.
I once had a memo go through the spell checker containing the
following sentence: "Non-restrictive clauses should be set off
by comas." Luckily, I noticed it on the way to the photocopier...
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