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        <title><![CDATA[Politically Correct Run Amok]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-3249458]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Read the freaking title of the article.Case closed.Don't like it, write your own article for the 64,000 other apps out there that are still in use.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rkuhn@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:15:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Remove misspelled words from the custom dictionary in Office 2003 or 2007?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2522273]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is a Great Article and very useful. Thanks!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[craig_willied]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:39:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks for the updated Exclude dictionary tip]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2474096]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I had used the exclude dictionary in older versions of Word but the old method didn't work when we switched to Word 2003.It will probably be next year before I need to find a way to do the same thing in Word 2007 (or whatever comes next).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[n4aof@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:09:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[freedictionary.com]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2474090]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The same ridiculous freedictionary.com that claims solider and solidest are valid forms also allows using solid as an adverb - complete with an obvously incorrect example using solid as an adverb when the corect word would have been solidly.At least they didn't try to give any examples of using solider or solidest.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[n4aof@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:55:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Proper Spelling and Grammar]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2474089]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Excellent dicussions, although probably more appropriate elsewhere.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[n4aof@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:45:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[backards...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2293034]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Some times I am proud of my back woods culture and speak like a redneck; but when I am serious I would rather use good &quot;old school&quot; grammar. Anything else just isn't being serious; and doesn't deserve any respect. I'm prejudiced that way.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:34:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Absolute adjectives]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While you will find fuller, fullest, solider, solidest, etc in some dictionaries, and even in common usage in some people groups, basically I agree with you. Our language is being bastardised. I also would not use these words because they detract from the value of having absolute adjectives in the first place. To me, full should be just that: FULL.If three Hard Disks are FULL, it does not make sense to ask which one is fullest! But it makes perfect sense to ask which one is fastest. But if you can have fuller and fullest, then clearly there are degrees of being full, [just like degrees of being fast], and full ceases to be the absolute that it always used to be. So the meaning if words becomes smeared.  Certainly, not a new phenomenon - I guess many would shrug their shoulders and say you can't stop language evolving. True.But some evolution is upward - enhancing the language, and is perhaps introduced by thoughtful people, or at least picked up and used by people who see its value.Other evolution is downward - brought about because grammar is not taught or understood in our society like it once was, and a lot of people just don't care. Sometimes it is just lazyness.  Whatever - errors creep into our language until they are accepted as common usage.Others might disagree, but my distinct impression, is that in recent years [perhaps coincident with the fall-off in English grammar teaching in schools], the downward evolution has been accelerating, while the upward has been slowing.Does anybody care? Maybe not!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[canopic@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:36:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How to remove (mis-spelled?) words from Office's built-in directory]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2291601]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[There is a little-known feature in MS Office to effectively remove words from the built-in dictionary.  This is done by listing these words in an &quot;exclusions file&quot;, which effectively removes the words from the built-in dictionary.Check the following links for details:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902163http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/ExcludeWordFromDic.htmhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051892021033.aspxKlaushttp://www.HL7.com.au]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[KVeil]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:43:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Simple...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2282019]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I refuse to use such words. in context or out, for the simple fact that I feel like that kind of grammar makes me sound like a guy from the back woods of Missouri.Not that there is anything wrong with being from there; it is just not me.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It could be worse, though]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2281990]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The argument could be over comma placement! ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:12:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Messing about in boats]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The clever men at OxfordKnow all that there is to be knowed,But they none of them know one half as muchAs intelligent Mr Toad.Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the WillowsMany dictionaries (including the OED and, no doubt, such equally eminent American authorities as Merriam-Webster) do not bother to list as independent entries such comparatives and superlatives as &quot;solider&quot; and &quot;solidest&quot;. Lexicographers assume (foolishly, in the case of the original poster who seemed to think that &quot;fuller&quot; and &quot;fullest&quot; were not words) a certain level of familiarity with the basic rules of English syntax.In that regard, they are no less to blame than the people who document software, in that they assume a familiarity with the &quot;product&quot; that the &quot;user&quot; cannot reasonably be expected to have. But they are no more to blame, either.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dalburn@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:20:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, if the OED says so...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2281363]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'll accept that they are words in English English.  But the only American English dictionary that mentions them is the American clone of the OED, the American Heritage.  Neither the OED or the American Heritage is renowned for their ability to let old words go... ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:43:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Solid, Jackson]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not altogether sure what this is all about, but if the question is &quot;Are 'solider' and 'solidest' words?&quot; the answer is unquestionably &quot;Yes&quot;. The Oxford English Dictionary says so, Chambers says so, and if some spell-checker or some online dictionary disagrees, then it is grievously in error.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dalburn@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:13:48 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2275362]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Trollish is the right word.When I have seen him do this before, there was an army of fanboys to defend him.  This thread hasn't picked up that rabble and he is being required to respond intelligently.  Don't think he'll be back, but I have been proven wrong before.You can always tell a fanboy...But you can't tell him much.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tig2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:10:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maybe in this post]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2275372]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[But in previous posts in this thread and others, he has been downright abusive, if not actually trollish.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:01:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Second quibble]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2275371]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[after second look....the great majority of computer users are using Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003.Two questions: 1.  What is your source for this information (in particular the office suite users)?2.  Are these properly licensed, WGA-approved installs?  For example, say I have a PC with both Windows XP (properly licensed) and Office 2003 (improperly licensed) installed.  Do I count as one of your majority?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:00:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perhaps they care for neither...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2275382]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Especially grammar ;-DBesides I think the guy was just being sarcastic. Everybody knows grammar check is a joke!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:33:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And the crowd goes wild...]]></title>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[OnTheRopes]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:03:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Polite golf clap clap clap clap clap clap clap :^0 (NT)]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2274646]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TechExec2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:44:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ohhh, Nick.  Too much caffeine?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-228350-2274637]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Give it no mind, I have seen this guy before.Serious fanboy.  MS will rule his corner of the world.Chill, babz.  I'll email you an elderly single malt.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tig2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:16:32 -0700</pubDate>
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