Posted by John Wilson on April 08, 2001 at 23:12:19 from 202.154.130.228:
In Reply to: Re: Ode to a Spell Checker posted by Andrew Smith on April 08, 2001 at 16:15:54:
None really, but I recall making a comment last October re spellcheckers when Cape's sloppy editing and proofreading was mentioned.
My example was that in an early edition of PM, Nancy “peals” off her bathing suit when she jumps into her bed after visiting the Dog’s Home (Visiting Seal, end of chapter 23), although this was corrected to “peels” in later Cape hardback editions.
I said that was something that even a spellcheck would not pick up. But replies had a poor opinion of spellcheckers, though they do have their uses!