Comments on: Can you remember … or imagine … life without spell check or life with a manual typewriter? http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-122588 Lillie Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:38:02 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/#comment-122588 John, I'm with you on the value of searching within documents! Very useful. John,

I’m with you on the value of searching within documents! Very useful.

]]> By: John @ Review Compare http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-122460 John @ Review Compare Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:57:01 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/#comment-122460 Word processing and spell checkers have certainly enabled more writing than ever before - the quality of the writing available is another matter - however modern technology also allows for easy searching and sorting of subject matter, so a win-win really! Word processing and spell checkers have certainly enabled more writing than ever before – the quality of the writing available is another matter – however modern technology also allows for easy searching and sorting of subject matter, so a win-win really!

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-110765 Lillie Sat, 07 May 2011 22:59:32 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/#comment-110765 Jan, We always lose something when we make gains with technology. I'm sure when the car came into use, buggy makers and buggy whip aficionados mourned the loss of the skill of buggy-driving. :-) Jan,

We always lose something when we make gains with technology. I’m sure when the car came into use, buggy makers and buggy whip aficionados mourned the loss of the skill of buggy-driving. :-)

]]> By: Jan@Breville Toaster Oven http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-110751 Jan@Breville Toaster Oven Sat, 07 May 2011 22:14:19 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/#comment-110751 A really poignant post...I too remember having to re-type long pages of text just to fix a tiny error or two, so spell check is definitely a blessing. But, as pointed out, it's made us all a bit lazy, not to mention diminish the ability of our younger generation to be good spellers. Next, we'll be seeing the demise of the keyboard as voice recognition software takes over. A really poignant post…I too remember having to re-type long pages of text just to fix a tiny error or two, so spell check is definitely a blessing. But, as pointed out, it’s made us all a bit lazy, not to mention diminish the ability of our younger generation to be good spellers. Next, we’ll be seeing the demise of the keyboard as voice recognition software takes over.
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]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-93243 Lillie Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:51:04 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/13/can-you-remember-or-imagine-life-without-spell-check-or-life-with-a-manual-typewriter/#comment-93243 Dave, I'm with you on loving the "undo" button! Dave,

I’m with you on loving the “undo” button!

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