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Netscape 7.0 is Out
MrJones was one of many many users to submit that Netscape has released
Navigator 7.0 unto the world. With their dwindling market share, it'll be interesting to see what affect this has on internet users. But here's hoping it makes a dent.
I'm appalled. Mod parent down. I was just posting this to vent my anger, and now it's the first comment. Realize that this is a completely useless comment!
Yes! That guy!
I like your sig alot.
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EarthLink just released a new pop-up blocker that works with Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 2 to 6.0 for EarthLink and Mindspring users.
:-)
I'm using it right now and it's an excellent program. The best part about EarthLink's blocker is that you can set it to preview the blocked pop-up, open the pop-up on the second click (which is useful for pop-ups that are necessary like forms that need to be filled out), and even select certain web pages where pop-ups are needed. Best part of this pop-up: it's free.
Hey, just because a bastardised phrase is in a dictionary it doesn't make it right.
You check spelling in a document not spells. Ergo, the tool used to do this should be called a spelling checker.
I'm sure that at school you had spelling tests and, if you're an American, spelling bees. When you handed in work to the teacher she would check your spelling. In essence, she was your first spelling checker.
I doubt that you had spell tests or that you're teacher ever checked your spells. Unless, of course, you're Harry Potter.
QED.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
If something is common enough -- guess what -- it's as good as grammatically correct. Why else would the English language be so f#@%ed already?
Just because a phrase is commonly used it doesn't magically become grammatically correct.
A lot of people seem to replace the word "have" with the word "of" - they say (and write) "should of" instead of "should have". Just because a lot of people make that mistake does that make them right?
A lot of people seem to think "a lot" is written as "alot" - one word rather than two. Does the fact that a lot of people make that mistake too make them right as well?
Heck, What about people who can't (or won't) differentiate between "to", "too" and "two"?
Ask yourself this: where did the phrase "spell checker" originate?
I'm pretty certain that it's first usage was in a word processor, perhaps WordPerfect. Just because it was incorrectly phrased that first time, and incorrectly copied countless times since then, it doesn't make "spell checker" any more grammatically valid than it's ever been - ie, not at all.
Some simple observations for you:
Person who instructs you on your driving = driving instructor
Person who coaches you on your singing = singing coach
Person who takes your booking = booking agent
Person who checks your spelling = spelling checker
Pretty simple, huh Bob?
By the way, the reason why the English language might appear so "f#@%ed already", as you eloquently put it, is because a lot of people are either lazy and/or ignorant in how to read and write properly.
(By properly I do mean properly - ie, using the correct grammar and syntax.)
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg