Raisins are bad for your teeth. Right? Not necessarily. Raisins are sweet, which, of course, is sweet and dangerous. But raisins are also rich in — wait a minute — oleanolic aldehyde, oleanolic acid, hydroxymethylfurfural, betulin and betulinic acid, which (according to a study funded by the California Raisin Marketing Board; I have experimented with raisins heavily as a child, but the results have since been forgotten) not only fight tooth- and gum decay-causing bacteria directly but also make it more difficult for them to stick to the gums.
If you know part of an email you wrote to appear Japanese or Hebrew to your U.S.-American-English spell checker, you can prevent it from attacking that prose:
›› Does a message you write in Outlook Express contain some text that is heavily wrong and you know it (in a foreign language, for example). But you still want to check the spelling of the rest of the email? Here's how.
If you know part of an email you wrote to appear Japanese or Hebrew to your U.S.-American-English spell checker, you can prevent it from attacking that prose:
›› Does a message you write in Outlook Express contain some text that is heavily wrong and you know it (in a foreign language, for example). But you still want to check the spelling of the rest of the email? Here's how.
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