Harvey,
It's easy to forget that usage rules and spelling changes over time. Then,
of course, there's just plain sloppiness, which may eventually become
accepted usage. I'd be willing to bet that a hundred years from now, some
things will be spelled differently than they are today.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 22:10
Subject: Re: spell checking
> Well, you may be right, Steve, but I thought I remembered some of the
> older
> spell checkers letting that go as one word. But one other thing is that
> for
> example, when I was taught grammar, you wrote an abbreviation in capital
> letters with a period between the letters. Now the accepted way is to
> just
> write them in all caps, because that's how the newer spell checkers seem
> to
> prefer them.
> Harvey
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: spell checking
>
>
>> Harvey,
>>
>> I've never seen Post Office written as one word, so I have to agree with
>> the
>> spell checker on that one.
>>
>> Steve
>
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