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Pollock, Joseph J.; Zamora, Antonio – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Describes system design proposed by the Spelling Error Detection Correction Project (SPEEDCOP) at Chemical Abstracts Service. Highlights include principles of detection/correction system; spelling error detection (the dictionary, suffix normalization, bypassing specialized word classes, document-level frequency threshold); spelling error…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Dictionaries, Error Patterns, Spelling
Lamy, Andre – Francais dans le Monde, 1984
The concept of error, or mistake, is a sensitive and crucial issue in both second language learning and second language instruction. Error can play a constructive role in learning and, under some conditions, in teaching, and avoidance of error may be less productive than confrontation with it. (MSE)
Descriptors: Editing, Error Patterns, French, Grammar
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Mitton, Roger – Reading Teacher, 1986
Notes the existence of a collection of computer-readable files containing misspellings of English words, which is now available to researchers from the Oxford Text Archive in England. Describes the content of the collection. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Elementary Education, English