Re: Circumfixes?

"Douglas Koller, Latin & French" wrote:
>
> Robert wrote:
>
> >Generally, most of
> >my sentances seem to hover just below the edge of what Microsoft Word
> >considers a "long sentance."
>
> Back when I was translating in Taiwan, I'd often get the dreaded
> green line under a sentence. Grammarcheck would then tell me I had
> written a run-on sentence. I'd go back and reread it, and it flowed
> and made perfect sense to me. "True, it's a *complex* sentence," I'd
> indulge myself, "but not a run-on sentence." I've since learned to
> ignore Grammarcheck entirely, since I'm not writing for "Teen Beat",
> and to use Spellcheck judiciously, as it allows such mistakes as "Oh,
> what a beautiful mourning!".
I've very rarely had Grammarcheck actually catch any of my mistakes -
more often it finds problems in proper sentances.

That example you give for Spellcheck is why I don't trust it - it's
definitely not a substitute for proof-reading, as too many people seem
to use it.

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Robert