The Importance of Not Ignoring the Spelling Checker

In today's Daily, several student groups signed off on a full-page ad responding to the recent falsified hate crimes fiasco. They also all signed off on a spelling error that shows up twice consecutively: Apparently, the claims of hate crimes, in context, were at the time "comprehendable."

According to Merriam-Webster, "comprehendible" is an acceptable spelling of the word meaning, roughly, "able to be comprehended." "Comprehensible" is probably a more common spelling meaning the same thing. They probably actually meant to say "credible," as hate crimes are something you generally don't want to imply you benevolently understand.

But still, they could have gotten away with changing one little letter and then looked like they cared a whole lot more. Or at least looking like they went to a highly ranked national university. As it is, ignoring the wiggly lines under misspelled words in Word makes you look slightly less credible, especially to opponents who need little reason to hate. Tsk, tsk.