Spellchecking as part of language pedagogy

Paul B. Gallagher paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Sun Mar 14 01:06:55 UTC 2010


Robert Orr wrote:

>> Are we living in an age when nobody has to be proficient in 
>> handwriting and spelling (in any language) without the aid of a
>> computer?
> 
> what about people whose grammar and spelling is very good, but just 
> can't type? (this post may raise a few sniggers, but it is a valid 
> question)

The only snicker from this corner is over your omission of "who," which 
misleads the reader into thinking the subject of "just can't type" is 
"whose grammar and spelling." ;-)

Of course, the witty answer to your question is, "we call them 
'executives.'" ;-)

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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