Mechanism for lobbying missiles or an author's body of work?

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No: HPFGUIDX 114529


SSSusan wrote:
And just to clarify a bit, I was not talking about typos.  EVERYONE
has a typo now & again.  I was really referring to folks who
consistenty write "cannon," as in 3 or 4 times in the same post.  So
we're actually talking about the same thing--the wrong word being
used, not a typo.  But I'd best end this before I screw up again.<
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Susana wrote:
Gee, I'm getting worried.
 
I recently wrote "hart" several times in the same post 
meaning "heart". My apologies!
 
I hope you cut some slack to us non-native-English people. It's 
really hard to keep part of your mind in spelling and grammar when 
you're involved in the mind-challenging discussions we have here at 
HPfGU, you know?
 
Personally, I write my posts in MS Word and use the language 
functions to correct my many spelling errors. But things like 
canon/cannon, hart/hart, hole/whole, whether/weather, etc. (the list 
is enormous) don't show up as errors.
 
English doesn't have spelling rules; it has spelling exceptions 
(about a million of them) and then some exceptions are more recurrent 
then others (dammed if I know which). I have over 2000 unread 
messages from HPfGU in my mail box. I rather read them then to check 
every word in my posts on a dictionary before posting. I'd end up not 
having time to post!
 
The kind list elves from helpdesk have offered me their services to
proofread my posts. If someone thinks I shouldn't have turned them 
down, please, tell me so off list and I will contact them 
immediately. I won't take offence, really!
 
But I read SSSusan's post as an attempt to help us
'confused-with-English-spelling' people, so I won't jump to helpdesk 
just yet.

Dharma replies:

Susana, I can assure that native English speakers have problems with 
the spelling too.  I've known many people, including myself, who make 
the same spelling errors consistently and, for phonological or 
orthographic reasons, use the wrong word repeatedly.  The never-
ending list of spelling exceptions can be problematic for us too.  We 
really do miss the cannon/canon thing too.  

Ironically, I took SSS post as a reminder to check spelling and word 
choice because, spelling inconsistency can be very confusing for 
people who might not be familiar with the many instances of homophony 
in English.