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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
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Reply-To: muffy@lll-crg.UUCP (Muffy Barkocy)
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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