Is it any wonder that "article spinners" make such a mess of things? When you look at the words we use that have the same spelling but completely different meanings or pronunciations, it only makes sense.
Take these,for example:
- We can produce a fantastic meal using fresh produce.
- A bandage can be wound around a wound.
- We can lead the pack, or we can stay home and write poetry with a lead pencil.
- And then, since there's no time like the present, it might be time to present a present.
- We can desert plans to visit the desert.
- A dove might have escaped its pursuer when it dove into the bushes.
- An invalid can make an invalid insurance claim.
- You can object to an object being placed on your desk.
- A farmer can sow crops to feed to his sow.
- You might shed a tear over a tear in your favorite shirt.
And of course, words have many alternate definitions. Back when I was making regular contributions to EzineArticles.com my articles would often be taken by individuals who didn't understand the rules. So instead of using them the way they were written, they'd put them through a spinner. It wouldn't have upset me, except for the fact that they left my name on them. Some were SO garbled.
Since I sometimes wrote about home building, one of my "resource boxes" 
mentioned my husband, a retired custom home builder, and the home building advice book he helped me write.
After going through the spinner, poor Carl changed from a retired home builder to an "old bag builder." I don't know how they get bag from house, but that substitution happened quite often.
Another funny one involved the word "can." In one article I had said "You can…" The spinner, obviously not knowing the meaning of the word "can" when used in this context, changed it to "You crapper…"
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