Greg: Indeed, and as far as I can see many use this technique.
What made me more careful in my Internet-posting was an incident over at Astral Society. I took a great deal time replying to a person, and when I was done I saw this feature they had. "Spell check? Oh, great! *click-aly-click*...*waiting* But... Where did? Go? Damn!" Considering I was only replying an inane question and as Bruce A mentions one could do; I had lost my train of thought, so I didn't re-write the reply. After this incident I always make sure to select the entire text (oddly I don't use ctrl + a for this) and press ctrl... and then slowly put my finger on the "c" button (because for God sake, the x button is right next to it! No, the horror!).
Once in a while however I use Microsoft Word, not only for autosaving properties but in MS I find it that much easier to organize and edit my text.
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