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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 27 > "Arbiter of language"?

"Arbiter of language"?

How spell-check works — logically, but often without a healthy dose of human skepticism

By Benjamin J. Romano / The Bulletin
October 27, 2008

SEATTLE — In the last two years, few names have become as recognizable as Barack Obama’s.

But until spring 2007, “Obama” was unknown to one of the most-used spell-checkers in the world: the one included in Microsoft Word and other Office programs. The....

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