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When you misspell a word, spell check puts a rippled red line under it. If nobody has loaded the local dictionary with misspelled words, the document is rippled with errors.
Today it’s more likely to encounter use of the wrong word. Last Sunday Maureen Dowd wrote something about a person who “sewed discontent.” This may or may not have been her error. I suspect a college grad fixed it her originally correct usage.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Darn it, I can’t find anything empirical to correct. Just elements of style.
J Short almost 9 years ago
The word occasionally, occasionally gets me.
PoodleGroomer almost 9 years ago
When you misspell a word, spell check puts a rippled red line under it. If nobody has loaded the local dictionary with misspelled words, the document is rippled with errors.
ChessPirate almost 9 years ago
It’s probably riddled with ripples…
Malcolm Hall almost 9 years ago
Today it’s more likely to encounter use of the wrong word. Last Sunday Maureen Dowd wrote something about a person who “sewed discontent.” This may or may not have been her error. I suspect a college grad fixed it her originally correct usage.