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Even with perfect grammar, spelling, and logic checks, you're still going to lose sometimes:

I mistyped a single letter in an email and offended a coworker for life. He was on the road; I was in the office. I argued persuasively about a difference in design, ending with "When you get it, we can talk some more". I had intended to say "When you get in, we can talk some more".

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1375231



I once commented on something, intending to say "Uh, have you considered..." But I wrote:

Ugh. Have you considered...

I had some 'splainin to do!




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