[Wikipedia-l] Mispeelings

tarquin tarquin at planetunreal.com
Sun Oct 20 16:58:16 UTC 2002


Ray Saintonge wrote:

> tarquin wrote:
>
>> If we change all "it's" to either "its" or the more formal "it is", 
>> then that list will gradually diminish.
>
>
> All!!!???  Some how changing the song title to "It is a Long Way to 
> Tipperary" doesn't seem right to me :-(


I wasn't planning on changing *quoted* text. :-)

 > If the error in "anual" were that an extra letter had been put in 
rather than a letter omitted, psychological texts could end up talking 
about people with annual retentive personalities.

The upshot is that this feature is very useful but careful human 
checking is required!





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