General Chat

You can always tell who relies on a spell-checker, because all the long difficult words are spelt correctly but shorter ones like there/their, affect/effect or alter/altar are often wrong.

Some time ago a notice appeared on our local buses telling passengers not to stand in the isles. The local newspaper had a letter the following week saying "our buses have no isles, not even traffic islands". :-)

The bus notice disappeared shortly after.

Technology advance has been great in my lifetime. When I was at school I don’t think I ever envisaged that I would communicate electronically with friends and family. It is wonderful that I can and that it is so instant. That is a good thing. And If I spell something incorrectly the computer will correct it.. Is that also a good thing? In my opinion, yes and no. If i then proof read what I have written and correct any computer errors that is fine. If, as many correspondents in newspapers seem to do, I rely on what the computer thinks I mean it is a bad thing. I have just read a piece in the local paper Not actually a very gripping piece concerning the removal some time ago of the head of a statue by a visiting football team. The final sentence of the piece is......
“We would love to know if a football team has ‘the head’ in their procession.”
A proof reader would have picked that one up I think.