Gord,
Cool! A bit of sacasm never hurt anyone and I'm not easily insulted, anyway.
Teachers (some) have a bit to answer for these days where spelling and
grammar are concerned, but I'm old school (well, perhaps not too old!) and
think that there should be a greater focus on this area in our schools. We
seem to be producing a lot of illiterate uni graduates.
What was that about focus? Oh, yes, David was right . . . THIS is an excel
forum, isn't it?
Kruja's owner (he's my dog)
PS Don't suppose you know where Kruja is, do you? (the place, not my dog) -
without googling, that is?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

It was intended as an insulting remark aimed at your spelling of the word
"spelt" and your ability to check the childrens' work.

I apologize for that and have been set straight about variants in spelling and
grammar internationally.

In future I will attempt to refrain from making remarks of that nature.


Gord

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:23:19 -0800, Kruja''s owner
wrote:

Thanks, David for clarifying to Gord re "spelt".
Gord, do you really want to know how I set up excel to know if the child has
'spelt' the word correctly? Or was that your way of saying, "If you can't
spell yourself, how can you check the child's spelling?"?????

Kruja's Owner

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Thanks for update David.

I look at everything from a narrow "Canuckese" view.


Gord

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:53:43 -0000, "David Biddulph"
wrote:

That may depend which side of the Atlantic, Gord. Either spelt or spelled
is accepted over here.
But we've got enough confusion in Excel usage over different date formats,
without getting into an argument over spelling. :-)