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怎样可以将杰出作家的作品降低到劣等作者的水平?点一下“拼写检查”键吧。匹兹堡大学所作的一项研究表明拼写检查软件会拉近不同的人在文字技巧上的差距,妨碍那些对其过分信任的作者和编辑的工作。研究者们让33名大学生校对一份长1页的商业信函,其中半数学生使用微软文字处理软件,该软件会在可能有误的文字下面划出红色或绿色的波浪线;另一半则使用传统的校对方式,也就是靠自己的头脑来判断正误。在不使用语法及拼写
How can I reduce the work of a prominent writer to a level of inferior authors? Click the “Spell check” button. A study by the University of Pittsburgh shows that spell-checking software can narrow the gap between different people’s writing skills and hinder the work of authors and editors who over-trust them. Researchers asked 33 undergraduates to proof a 1-page long business letter, half of whom used Microsoft word-processing software that would draw red or green wavy lines below the potentially erroneous text, while the other half used traditional Proofreading method, that is, by their own mind to determine correctness. Do not use grammar and spelling