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The moss project seeks to find and remove the furry green typos that have been growing on Wikipedia articles. It uses a python script named moss and written by User:Beland to automatically find misspellings, mistakes in English grammar, violations of the Wikipedia:Manual of Style, and confusing or broken wiki markup.
Some spelling errors are introduced because the typing of certain people is not perfect, such as letters are doubled, or more frequently double letters tripled, such as "betwween" and "betweeen" letters are singled, such as "betwen" keys are transposed, so "because" becomes "becuase". (see Teh)
For typos, MOS:PLC says: "insignificant spelling and typographic errors should simply be silently corrected (for example, correct basicly to basically)." Archaic spelling, however, should be retained: "In direct quotations, retain dialectal and archaic spellings, including capitalization" (this is quoted from the MOS page linked above).
The model and actor, 31, arrived at the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday (14 April), wearing a strappy, backless gown, which revealed her newly updated tattoo on her arm.
The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia.Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia.
Fans are questioning whether or not Cara Delevingne made an intentional choice with what appears to be a typo in her newest tattoo.. The 31-year-old actress and model posed for a series of photos ...
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.