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From: drew@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Drew Eisenhauer)
Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
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Date: 6 May 89 19:20:05 GMT
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In article <1859@arctic.nprdc.arpa> ellis@nprdc.arpa (John Ellis) writes:

>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 --


Thank God for small miracles- this obviously would explain
why so many people, when they see a mispelling,
exclaim,

"Well, it just didn't look right!"




-- 
Is not conscience a pair of breeches; though a cover for lewdness 
as well as nastiness, is easily slipt down for the service of both?
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