Can spelling checkers help the novice writer?

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-266

  Gupta, Renu ^a  

^a NIIT Institute of Information Technology   (India)

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EID: 2542587981     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8535.00068     Document Type: Article

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