Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!muffy From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.nlang Subject: Re: "(sp?)" considered wimpy. Message-ID: <441@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 22:23:13 EST Article-I.D.: lll-crg.441 Posted: Wed Mar 6 22:23:13 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:43:06 EST References: <311@ihu1m.UUCP> <3667@mit-eddie.UUCP> <608@wlcrjs.UUCP> <338@cadre.ARPA> Reply-To: muffy@lll-crg.UUCP (Muffy Barkocy) Distribution: net Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.flame:8733 net.nlang:2689 Summary: In article <338@cadre.ARPA> jay@cadre.ARPA (Jay Ramanathan) writes: >....... (But how does one look up >a word in the dictionary if one doesn't know its correct spelling in the >first place? That is something I've always wondered about, when I hear such >well-meant advice.) > >Jay Ramanathan >-- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ how about looking up what you *think* is the spelling when you're not sure, and if you don't find it, either you have a lousy dictionary, or you're wrong. So, make sure you have a *good* dictionary. (discussion of this on net.books). Muffy