bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews) (10/15/85)
Postings to the net routinely contain typographical errors. Most of my
postings are done via vi, but sometimes it is direct, and it is hard to
correct something typed "up there". Reading these typos is integral to
reading net news.
However, many of the misspellings are repeated consistently, and seem to
be actual misspellings, however surprising that may be, given the average
education level of net posters. This is not to flame, but to inform the
net of the spelling of some words commonly misspelled on the net.
Wrong Right
compatable compatible
psuedo- pseudo-
seperate separate
wierd weird
recieve receive
There are many more, of course. I really don't want to read about
anyone else's compatAbility problems. Of course, I will, anyway. I
would enjoy informative followups to this, because every time misspellings
and language abuses cross the net, many people are led to believe such
usages are correct! It feeds upon itself.
Remember, "i before e except after c" however wEIrd that may look.
(I had better proofread this carefully, lest I be vulnerable to attack!)
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