Orval Fairbairn wrote in newsrfairbairn-
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In article ,
"Quilljar" wrote:

Or "its" for "it's" or "there" for "their" or "they're". Or "height"
for "altitude". Or "think" for "believe". Or "Web" for "Internet".
Or "insane eccentricity" for "precision".

- Andrew


Actually, more people use it's when they mean its (possessive) :-)

I think that a lot of the problem arises from the proliferation of voice
recognition technology and the failure to proofread.

I'll agree to that one. I peruse several science related
news web sites and I have been seeing an alarming amount
of typographical and grammatical errors. Some I can readily
tell are caused by errors in electronically scanning printed
text. The rest could be explained by what you propose, voice
recognition.

In all cases, there is a definate lack of proofreading among
these 'professional' writers. I thought they went to school?

Brian
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