From the Kitchen #12
Yesterday I came upon a poetical prisoner. It was right there in front of me, on my computer screen. It started life as a poitical prisoner in Word and the program offered me two possible corrections. I clicked without looking carefully. Many such corrections, and some ‘auto correct’ solutions don’t get discovered and reprimanded until the second or third proof-reading.
Some words make it through to the finial printing, because they area words (a common one fro me is … oops, just that), or because Word thinks they are nad doesn’t raise its Microsoft® eyebrow. I might have to send the program to the Department of Corrections fro re-education. (more…)