KingKat you are right! ‘Realizes’ was my first choice, but I did a quick check on the “Free Dictionary” and could not find that entry (it is there now! so I missed it last night!)… so I thought maybe the ‘rule’ didn’t apply to the verb “realize”…as you suspect English comp was never my forte (thinking of taking online refresher course) so I can’t complain much about the comic….
Do not set your spellcheck to automatically substitute the closest option. On our school paper “eth [the] opinions expressed…” became “Ethiopians expressed…” We caught it after publication.
I think that the cartoonist can neither spell nor adhere to good grammar. This, unfortunately, is but another mistake in a long line of mistakes for this strip.
farren almost 16 years ago
“relies”?
JerryGorton almost 16 years ago
Relies?? Realize??
mackado almost 16 years ago
Realized?
KingRat almost 16 years ago
realizes
aedra6 almost 16 years ago
Either a misprint or the artist cannot spell.
dcguys almost 16 years ago
And so goes the life of our editors & quality control specialists!
sneemaster almost 16 years ago
Must be a computer typo or bad spell check. That figures for a cartoon about technology! LOL!
mackado almost 16 years ago
KingKat you are right! ‘Realizes’ was my first choice, but I did a quick check on the “Free Dictionary” and could not find that entry (it is there now! so I missed it last night!)… so I thought maybe the ‘rule’ didn’t apply to the verb “realize”…as you suspect English comp was never my forte (thinking of taking online refresher course) so I can’t complain much about the comic….
KingRat almost 16 years ago
also E-mail does not need to have the ing.
m_ortal almost 16 years ago
Do not set your spellcheck to automatically substitute the closest option. On our school paper “eth [the] opinions expressed…” became “Ethiopians expressed…” We caught it after publication.
RenMarNied almost 16 years ago
I think that the cartoonist can neither spell nor adhere to good grammar. This, unfortunately, is but another mistake in a long line of mistakes for this strip.