[R-pkg-devel] Mis-spelled word with winbuilder

S Ellison S.Ellison at LGCGroup.com
Thu Sep 22 23:28:29 CEST 2016


> I have googled 'piecewise' and it seems to be
> widely used with that spelling.

... because that is the only correct spelling of 'piecewise' in English...

Butu I see Duncan Murdoch has explained why it was flagged; not all English words appear in all English dictionaries.

In fact, not all English words appear in _any_ English dictionary. Even the OED does not claim to have much more than two thirds (175k out of at least 250k) (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/how-many-words-are-there-in-the-english-language ) and that is not even a fifth of the Global Language Monitor estimate (http://www.languagemonitor.com/number-of-words/number-of-words-in-the-english-language-1008879/). 


Steve E


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