Schlimmbesserung

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 12, 2005, at 10:03 AM, i wrote:

> ...Unfortunately, there seem
> to be some who use it to refer to corrections that make things worse
> -- also a common event (familiar to those who use Miscrosoft Word's
> grammar checker, for instance), but not the same thing.

i wish i could take credit for "Miscrosoft" as a coinage, but it was
a mere typo.

but not a (Ver)schlimmbesserung (sense 1), since i wasn't correcting
anybody.

arnold