On 5/10/2011 1:47 AM, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
This type of problem points out the difference between a Spell Checker (which insures that all the strings only represents a validly spelled word not the intended word) and a Grammar Checker (which verifies that the words are the proper ones for the context in which they occur - ie: It spots the use of the wrong homophone and/or word).
Case in point - you used insure (action to mitigate damage), rather than ensure (action to prevent damage). Spell checkers aren't much better. I occasionally wind up with a sentence that contains "that that," only to have the software flag it. And I wonder what it would do in the case of the sign painter who is asked to paint a sign "Bread and Rolls" and the baker says, "I'd like more space between Bread and and and and and Rolls" (Martin Gardner's column in Scientific American had an example that required thirty-two consecutive ands!).
Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
