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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
My spell-check automatically inhibits...
What does the highlighted sentence want to say?
Context:
It will be interesting to see how long the idea of memes will be going strong. My spell-check automatically inhibits the virus and so, far, the construct has failed to catch on in the art world.
Context:
It will be interesting to see how long the idea of memes will be going strong. My spell-check automatically inhibits the virus and so, far, the construct has failed to catch on in the art world.
Top answer
e. suggesting that the word is "infectious" in its faddish use or overuse), but says that his or her spell-checker inhibits the use of the word by not recognising it. I looked online for more context, and, interestingly, the version of the text at Google Books omits the part "My spell-check automatically inhibits the virus".
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- suggesting that the word is "infectious" in its faddish use or overuse), but says that his or her spell-checker inhibits the use of the word by not recognising it.
- I looked online for more context, and, interestingly, the version of the text at Google Books omits the part "My spell-check automatically inhibits the virus".
- Perhaps it was thought not to be a felicitous inclusion and was removed in a later edition?
- Your version has incorrect punctuation around "so far".
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I could be wrong, but the only sense I can make of it is that the author is using "virus" to refer pejoratively to the word "meme" (i.e. suggesting that the word is "infectious" in its faddish use or overuse), but says that his or her spell-checker inhibits the use of the word by not recognising it.
I looked online for more context, and, interestingly, the version of the text at Google Bo
I looked online for more context, and, interestingly, the version of the text at Google Bo
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I think you are right. And is the "spell-check" the brain of the writer? Meaning that her thoughts and ideas prohibit her from infection with such concepts (meme)?
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red appleAnd is the "spell-check" the brain of the writer?I didn't consider that; I was thinking of a literal spell-checker. I think your idea is not impossible, but I'm really not sure of the author's intention.
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