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Is it rude to correct people's grammar?
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There usually isn't a good reason to correct someone's grammatical mistakes. Learn whether it is rude to correct people's grammar at HowStuffWorks.
How Parenting Coaches Work
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Do parenting coaches really make a difference? Read about how parenting coaches help with issues from toilet training to attachment issues.
How Video Game Testers Work
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Video game testers analyze in-development video games to find errors and defects. Learn more about video game testing in this article from HowStuffWorks.
10 Terrible Cases of Mistaken Identity
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Identity errors have led to a range of awfulness like wrongly declared death. Learn about some cases of mistaken identity at HowStuffWorks.
Why Spellcheck Is So Good and Grammar Check Is So Bad
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Why is it so hard for software to check grammar properly? HowStuffWorks talks with some experts, including two from Microsoft.
Can You Pick Out the Misspelled Word in Each Sentence?
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It's a sad truth: Spellcheck just can't catch everything. It doesn't, for example, know whether you meant "union" or "onion." Test your own internal spellchecker now, with our quiz!
How does my device's accelerometer know how far I ran on the treadmill?
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An accelerometer on your gadget can tell you how far you've run on a treadmill. Want to know how? Find out how accelerometers know how far you've ran.
Should the U.S. Move to Permanent Daylight Saving Time?
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Few Americans like the switching between Daylight Saving Time and Standard Time, but there's conflict on whether to switch permanently to DST or to ST.
Anne Bonny: A Real Female Pirate of the Caribbean
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Anne Bonny was an Irish marauder whose brief period of piracy in enshrined her as legend as one of the few documented female pirates in history.
How Scientific Peer Review Works
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Scientific peer review is a quality-control system that critiques all new scientific discoveries. Learn more scientific peer review and its flaws.