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From: ellis@nprdc.arpa (John Ellis)
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Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
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Date: 3 May 89 15:03:43 GMT
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>My gut feeling is to go with Mr. Musciano on spelling, but I've run across
>too many brilliant people who couldn't spell a lick to totally discount
>spelling-deficient prose.  A resume is another matter, though ...

Sometime in the last 12 months Newsweek summarized research that
indicated that poor spelling ability is a form of dyslexia
that is genetically based -- i.e. bad spellers are born not made
The article also said that poor spelling is unrelated to intelligence --
However, this should not be used as an excuse -- just as folks who
have inherited poor teeth need to floss and brush more, poor spellers
need to write carefully and carry a big dictionary/spellchecker  --
especially if they are sending a resume to Mr. Musciano.