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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Criminal Sentence 57: Why You Can't Rely on Spell Check

From a book I was reading:

"Trying to asses the impact of the revolt is difficult."

This sentence would pass spell check but wouldn't pass muster anywhere else.

Don't be a bunch of "assess" and rely on spell check!

1 comment:

Doug and Amanda said...

That's great. Love it!