TOT spelling

I see that some contributors to this group spell certain simple short
words incorrectly, even though their general standard of literacy is
good. I always spell certain words wrongly. An example is 'rediculous'.
Anyone else aware of their habitual mistakes, but find themselves
powerless to improve?

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:
I see that some contributors to this group spell certain simple short
words incorrectly, even though their general standard of literacy is
good. I always spell certain words wrongly. An example is 'rediculous'.
Anyone else aware of their habitual mistakes, but find themselves powerless to improve?

Bill

My fingers insist on typing "form" instead of "from".

Tim

Tim+ wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:

I always spell certain words wrongly. An example is 'rediculous'.
Anyone else aware of their habitual mistakes, but find themselves
powerless to improve?

My fingers insist on typing "form" instead of "from".

Mine like "obviosuly".

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
I see that some contributors to this group spell certain simple short words
incorrectly, even though their general standard of literacy is good. I
always spell certain words wrongly. An example is 'rediculous'. Anyone else
aware of their habitual mistakes, but find themselves powerless to improve?

Yes, but not powerless - I run emails through a spell checker before
dispatch.

Catches most but not all (e.g. from instead of form or vice versa).


Bill

On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:06:44 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

I see that some contributors to this group spell certain simple short
words incorrectly, even though their general standard of literacy is
good. I always spell certain words wrongly. An example is 'rediculous'.
Anyone else aware of their habitual mistakes, but find themselves
powerless to improve?

Bill


Mine are so numerous I couldn't begin to tell you. Thank heaven for
spell checkers.

Let's just hope the dreaded Mr Skitt isn't around as I type this.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:06:44 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

I see that some contributors to this group spell certain simple short
words incorrectly, even though their general standard of literacy is
good. I always spell certain words wrongly. An example is 'rediculous'.
Anyone else aware of their habitual mistakes, but find themselves
powerless to improve?


I used to spell ratio as ration, original as origional, remember as
remeber. I usually spotted the mistakes during proof reading so was
able to correct them. I now find that I'm catching these habitual
mistakes on-the-fly.

I guess I'm not powerless in being able to improve my spelling - it
just takes practice. However, that doesn't stop me from still making
the odd typographical or compositional error now and again which
escapes my proof reading filter. If you spot any such errors in my
missives, it's only because I don't have an independent professional
proof reader in my employ.
--
Regards, J B Good

Johny B Good wrote:

I used to spell ratio as ration,

Some years ago I was asked to assess the likely veracity of a written
report. The report had 'ration' for 'ratio' throughout. It had been
professionally proofed.

Bill

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 01:26:56 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Johny B Good wrote:

I used to spell ratio as ration,

Some years ago I was asked to assess the likely veracity of a written
report. The report had 'ration' for 'ratio' throughout. It had been
professionally proofed.


I guess I'll make do with my DiY proof reading solution then and keep
the money. BTW, this free version of "Free Agent" doesn't have a spell
checker function. If I'm unsure of the spelling of a word, I'll simply
google it. Fortunately, my spelling abilities are pretty good so I'm
not googling for spellings very often.

I suspect that if I did use a spell checker, my spelling skills would
deteriorate (which is one of the reasons I eschewed the use of the
spell checker function in my previous mail/news reader client).
--
Regards, J B Good

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

Some years ago I was asked to assess the likely veracity of a written
report. The report had 'ration' for 'ratio' throughout.

Perhaps it had been written in the 17th century?

I have seen quite a few instances of "ration" being used for "rasher"
(of bacon), which seems to be a real misunderstanding. All by
Americans, I think.

-- Richard

I allways misspell always . . .