When you misspell a word, spell check puts a rippled red line under it. If nobody has loaded the local dictionary with misspelled words, the document is rippled with errors.
Today it’s more likely to encounter use of the wrong word. Last Sunday Maureen Dowd wrote something about a person who “sewed discontent.” This may or may not have been her error. I suspect a college grad fixed it her originally correct usage.
Coyoty Premium Member over 8 years ago
Darn it, I can’t find anything empirical to correct. Just elements of style.
J Short over 8 years ago
The word occasionally, occasionally gets me.
PoodleGroomer over 8 years ago
When you misspell a word, spell check puts a rippled red line under it. If nobody has loaded the local dictionary with misspelled words, the document is rippled with errors.
ChessPirate over 8 years ago
It’s probably riddled with ripples…
Malcolm Hall over 8 years ago
Today it’s more likely to encounter use of the wrong word. Last Sunday Maureen Dowd wrote something about a person who “sewed discontent.” This may or may not have been her error. I suspect a college grad fixed it her originally correct usage.