[AccessD] Is there a simpler way?

John Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 18:45:08 CDT 2022


You know I just like yanking your chain Arthur.😁

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 7:24 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nice!
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 5:01 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a spelling checker,
> > It came with my PC.
> > It plane lee marks four my revue
> > Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
> > Eye ran this poem threw it,
> > Your sure reel glad two no.
> > Its vary polished in it's weigh.
> > My checker tolled me sew.
> > A checker is a bless sing,
> > It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
> > It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
> > And aides me when eye rime.
> > Each frays come posed up on my screen
> > Eye trussed too bee a joule.
> > The checker pours o'er every word
> > To cheque sum spelling rule.
> > Bee fore a veiling checker's
> > Hour spelling mite decline,
> > And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
> > We wood bee maid too wine.
> > Butt now bee cause my spelling
> > Is checked with such grate flare,
> > Their are know fault's with in my cite,
> > Of nun eye am a wear.
> > Now spelling does knot phase me,
> > It does knot bring a tier.
> > My pay purrs awl due glad den
> > With wrapped word's fare as hear.
> > To rite with care is quite a feet
> > Of witch won should bee proud,
> > And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
> > Sew flaw's are knot aloud.
> > Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
> > Such soft wear four pea seas,
> > And why eye brake in two averse
> > Buy righting want too pleas.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:36 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Well said, Susan!
> > >
> > > I think that you have identified the central problem with Spell
> Checkers:
> > > they need to become Context Checkers -- and that is a huge leap from
> > Spell
> > > Checkers. I admit that. To mention your citation, "toe" becomes "to",
> > only
> > > in context can one understand the difference. Let us try a casual
> > > experiment, off the top of my head.
> > >
> > > "She stood six foot six, from toe to toe, too. And yet, she was only
> > two."
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 1:25 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think more people know these rules than you might think. The
> problem
> > > > isn't
> > > > remembering the rule--it's applying it. Rocky calls this phenomenon
> > brain
> > > > farts. We all experience this problem, and some of us more than
> others.
> > > >
> > > > Proofing your own work is also difficult. It's a physiological thing
> --
> > > not
> > > > laziness or ignorance. Tina, as careful as you are, you wrote "toe"
> > > instead
> > > > of "to" in one of your posts to us on this subject. I know how
> careful
> > > you
> > > > are. I'm not pointing that out as ridicule, but as an example of how
> > even
> > > > the best of us, which you are, make mistakes and don't catch them.
> > > >
> > > > I sent in an article last week with the term delimiter scattered
> about.
> > > The
> > > > editor caught one that I'd spelled "dimeter" -- I blame that one on
> > > > AutoCorrect, but I didn't catch it in my last edit.
> > > >
> > > > This is why I have editors. It's real. In the end, the frustration we
> > > feel
> > > > only hurts us -- the writer is totally and blissfully unaware.
> > > >
> > > > Susan H.
> > > >
> > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
> > >
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