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posted by [personal profile] bugshaw at 08:34pm on 27/05/2007
It would be helpful if Word did not automatically correct "premiss" to "premises". Sometimes I know what I'm saying!
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 07:50pm on 27/05/2007
Urm - do you mean, premise?
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posted by [identity profile] johncoxon.livejournal.com at 08:00pm on 27/05/2007
I was wondering something similar, what the hell is a premiss?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 08:14pm on 27/05/2007
"Premiss" as in logical- is a) an acceptable spelling, and b) the spelling used in the thing I am quoting (para 6).
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 08:31pm on 27/05/2007
English isn't logical :-) I'm afraid I have to call foul with the QAA on this one.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 08:32pm on 27/05/2007
Hang on - I'm tired - on re-reading what you've written for the third time, I don't understand. What is 'logical-'?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 08:34pm on 27/05/2007
"logical" is the meaning attached to "premiss" - a logical premiss.
As opposed to "buildings" as a meaning.
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posted by [identity profile] bohemiancoast.livejournal.com at 12:32pm on 29/05/2007
The thing you are quoting has misspelled 'premise'. Though you can turn off auto-correct in Word.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 08:34pm on 27/05/2007
I'm tired too. Ready to flop.
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posted by [identity profile] stevegreen.livejournal.com at 08:17pm on 27/05/2007
Or. as you start to type "Dear Mr..", it suggests "Dear Mom and Dad". Let's be honest: even assuming your parents are still a couple, how often is that going to be of any use whatsoever?
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posted by [identity profile] dsgood.livejournal.com at 08:48pm on 27/05/2007
Can Word be set to not automatically correct _anything_?
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posted by [identity profile] janetmk.livejournal.com at 09:45pm on 27/05/2007
Yes. Uncheck all autotext options (under Insert menu).
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posted by [identity profile] brixtonbrood.livejournal.com at 09:47pm on 27/05/2007
There used to be a prominent reinsurance company called CNA to which I would frequently refer in writing. Word knew for a fact that I was trying and failing to type CAN and would helpfully correct me - eventually I would get annoyed and find the switch to disable it, at which point IT would give me another computer, or I would change jobs.
CNA Reinsurance is now deceased, so Word limits its aggravation to telling me that I don't want to type "r/i" (standard abbreviation for reinsurance or reinstatement), because i on its own should always be a capital letter - so it helpfully corrects me to "r/I" which is a total pain to correct.
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posted by [identity profile] don-fitch.livejournal.com at 04:35am on 30/05/2007
I'm (mildly) surprised that anyone would use the auto-check function while typing, as seems to be the case here. Immediately upon getting one of these Computer things, I discovered that I wasn't as good a speller or typist as I had thought I was, but (after doing one document) decided that I'd surely explode from frustration using any system other than running the spelling-checker after all the material has been typed. For me, at least, this actually takes less time than the auto-function, especially considering that Word's first suggestion is often not what I'd intended to write.

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