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		ferenczy on Feb 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Operating Systems: From 0 to 1 Regular spellchecker can correct mistyped words, but not, for example, words miused in a particular context, missing the/a, etc. Try some of those more advanced contextual spellcheckers and proofreaders like Grammarly or LanguageTool.

camtarn on Feb 14, 2017 [–]

"miused"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law

If this was intentional - well played. If not - thanks for the unintentional demonstration of Muphry's Law :)

[ten seconds later] Now scanning my own post really carefully for misspellings and grammar errors ;)

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