Run-on sentences

Carol justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 5 17:47:50 UTC 2009


Potioncat:
> We have WORD at work, but it doesn't include medical terms. Oh boy, some of the suggestions are a riot. Every now and then I've hit "change" in a rush and come out with a useless piece of writing. My favorite was when the computer wanted to my patient to her "paleontologist." I'm sure she wasn't that old!
> 
> (Carol, check out the . and the " ")  ;-)

Carol responds:
The quotation marks are correct, but you've left out a word. Should it be "wanted to *send* my patient to her 'paleontologist'"? What should the word have been?

Carol, whose e-mail spell check also makes wacky suggestions






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