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Today's #SpellcheckWontSaveYou find brought to you by @lynnemeyer.bsky.social 😁 #AmEditing
"our political forbears" --> "our political forebears"
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personalize customer outrage —> personalize customer outreach
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Extract from a bibliography. The text reads: Carter, Howard. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Discovered by the Late Early of Carnarvon and Howard Carter…
These two almost snuck past me yesterday. They’re also good examples of why sometimes #SpellcheckWontSaveYou – both are real words, even if not the word intended. That makes them harder to spot, too, because at first glance they look right.
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Word spell check screen grab: there should be board minutes… Word suggests: bored
Word’s expressing its feelings this morning 😂
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Someone send more chocolate. Word now wants to change ChatGPT to catgut 😂
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Episode 1937 of 'go home, Word, you're drunk': no, thank you, I really didn't mean 'advancing a just because' (just cause) 😂
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preverbal --> proverbial
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"create a fresh local" 🤔
"create a fresh locale" 😀
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Topical beaches 🤔
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Tropical beaches 😀
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kung fun --> kung fu
I'm sure kung fu is fun, but I don't think that's what we meant here.
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