I don't usually react to speling errors. I create typos myself so how can I be critical when someone else does? However, in this case I feel compelled to speak up. Language is something we are gifted with so that we can communicate with each other as clearly as possible. Whether the word is censor or sensor, it was possible from the context to garner meaning and thus to know what was being communicated. So a correction wasn't really needed.

At the same time to correct someone is also positive. Language is a collection of sounds and words whose meaning is agreed to by us all. So in this case one can argue that the writer was doing someone a favour by offering up a correction. That kind of assistance helps us to always keep our language relatively pure. So the correction should be appreciated.

Where I have a problem with this posting is the response to the one offering the correction. I think that the sarcasm about the spelling of Nazi is unwarranted and below the belt.

So we have three players here. Let us forgive the one who made the typo, we all make typos sometimes. Let us thank the one who offered the correction for it helps some of us improve the use of the language. And let us feel sorry for the one who feels the second correction was out of line. They serve a useful purpose too, they make the rest of us look really good.

I'm OK with your explanation. I posted before you said "censor" was a typo. The spell checker does not pick up "censor" because it is a word, just a different word altogether.

My second point was

Lens - singular
Lenses - plural
Lense - is it a word? Amphoto, Kodak and the NYGS never heard of it.

Again, I only used "lense" as an example. I don't think you even used it.

PEACE!