Getting a little off course here
by "Nick Selby" <nick(at)nickselby.com>
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Speaking of "off course" this string is getting dangerously close to that -
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list is for critiques of website design and implementation, people, so please
let's not let it digress into a discussion of the English language and ITS
implementation!
Thanks!
nick
On 31 Oct 99, at 10:23, John Woram wrote:
From: "John Woram" <jworam(at)msn.com>
To: "Noteworthy Web Designs" <webmaster(at)noteworthydesigns.com>,
<hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
Subject: RE: A little disappointed:(
Date sent: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 10:23:58 -0500
> Karen Stafford wrote "it drives me nuts too because I'm also a teacher."
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> I fear some people think a spell-checker is the last word, butt off coarse
> it dozen ketch sum problems (see what I mean?). Proof-reading is extremely
> difficult, because we often "auto-correct" in our heads and don't even
> spot the goofs. I had an editor once who would read copy from the bottom
> up. Since the text didn't make much sense that way, he found it easier to
> spot errors. That's probably going a bit too far, but still, designers
> should at at least run the page past of a few offline readers before going
> public.
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