Guy Kewney's Diary
News Why buy a word processor that has a spelling check, for example, if you never check the spelling? And surely he can see that for some people the spelling checker is the only thing that counts, (and presumably, the word counter is the only thing to...
[August 2, 1997, 8:00]
Gates' Interoperability Claim 'is Nonsense'
Talkback Anonymous from Canada has a knowledge of Linux which is no better than his spelling ability. Interoperability problems in Linux? Well, I'm afraid that Mr. Personally I have never had interoperability problems between Linux, BSD, or any UNIX.
[February 8, 2005, 20:55]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback I'm reading many derogatory (correct spelling) comments coming from countries we are sending thousands of jobs to.and who knows how much in welfare.I mean foreign aid, enabling them to feed their families, live a better life.and send their kids...
[September 1, 2006, 15:10]
Small Brain?
Talkback Maybe some basic spelling primers and a quick course on punctuation would enhance your argument. At the moment I'm afraid you are the one left looking like an idiot by your poor command of the basics of the English language.
[April 17, 2007, 22:02]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Do I get disgusted when I hear or read instances of poor grammar or spelling? First of all, Americans do not need to speak Hindi BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PROVIDING SUPPORT TO INDIA! If a customer in India was calling me with a problem they had with a...
[September 15, 2005, 18:21]
Sick Puppy Redo
Blog BTW—Has anyone else noticed that Microsoft or MicroSoft comes up as incorrect spelling in StarOffice 8 Writer? I generally follow a dispassionate investigative process when trying to discern what happened when a project goes bad.
[June 25, 2008, 5:05]
Alarm Over 'pharming' Attacks
Talkback He tried to tell me that he was too smart to be taken in - that there was always a gave-away like poor spelling or bad grammar (WE know that is not true! Thank you for your informative article on Pharming.
[May 26, 2005, 16:48]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Mind you, watching the autocue for other items I'm struck by the large numbers of spelling and punctuation mistakes. She's consulting somewhere in town, and uses AOL for her personal email. From habit, she installs the AOL client software on a PC...
[August 29, 1998, 7:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Mind you, watching the autocue for other items I'm struck by the large numbers of spelling and punctuation mistakes. She's consulting somewhere in town, and uses AOL for her personal email. From habit, she installs the AOL client software on a PC...
[August 29, 1998, 6:03]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
News It's not necessary to be an editor or a language whiz or a spelling bee triathlete to spot such mistakes. So here we are in the era of Word's red-underline "wrong spelling, dumb ass" feature and Outlook's Always Check Spelling Before Sending option...
[June 6, 2006, 16:00]
Learn What Hiring Managers Are Looking For
News The CV must be well written, without any spelling errors. In a recent Laws of Technical Management column, Bob Artner predicted a decline in demand for entry-level tech support professionals, and he's right.
[July 8, 2002, 15:58]
Eight CV Tips For The Experienced IT Pro
News Most of the standard rules for building a CV still apply: Make sure you have a readable format, proofread for spelling and grammar errors, keep it simple, etc. That's what I used to think too. I'm not a CV expert, but I thought I had a killer CV.
[May 29, 2002, 11:50]
Feds Weed Out Drug Paraphernalia Sites
News In effect, the defunct Web sites become electronic flypaper for those looking for illegal drug paraphernalia, reporters covering the story, and people who have trouble spelling in Google. The US Justice Department on Monday said it indicted 11 Web...
[February 25, 2003, 8:17]
Time To Talk-up Speech Recognition
Blog Comment It ensures that I will not make any spelling mistakes and speeds up my text entry enormously. I'm a 69 years old silver surfer and am still regularly using version 4 of Dragon Naturally Speaking and wouldn't be without it.
[October 4, 2007, 17:02]
The History Of "-ised"
Talkback We're using the proper name of the body, and should use its' own spelling here. That's interesting, but I'm not sure I follow what you are saying (and it's not strictly relevant here). Do you mean that historically we all said "-ized" but the UK...
[April 7, 2008, 16:00]
Telescopic Oversight
Blog Those Amreicans could sure use a spelling lesson! Microsoft Research's new WorldWide Telescope, in the brief time we've had to play with the beta, looks wonderful. A real productivity-killer, in fact -- especially as I'm lucky enough to have a...
[May 13, 2008, 14:39]
Email Scam Seeks To Fleece Bank Customers
News One giveaway that all might not be as it seems, however, is the appalling spelling and grammar. A new spoofed Citibank spam email is doing the rounds that attempts to part unwitting victims from their credit card details, PIN number and email...
[September 2, 2003, 10:35]
Office XP Faces Hard Sell
News Those XML components can be used to pull down information for formatting, inserting data or checking information, such as a spelling correction made by Word 2002. Microsoft is tapping some of its large corporate customers today to help launch...
[May 31, 2001, 13:50]
