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Re: is there a word - for typing the wrong homophone ?
Subject:Re: is there a word - for typing the wrong homophone ? From:"Monique Semp" <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"TechWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:48:51 -0700
>I don't think anyone has dignified errors by categorizing them. What purpose would that serve?
Having a handy word when issuing a mea culpa, and making the point (because some people love to catch the mistakes a tech writer makes) that of course I know that difference between “they’re” and “their” and that it’s a common brain-to-fingers mis-fire.
-Monique
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