Ode to the Spell Checker
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Comments (115)I can not spell. i haven't been able to spell since i flunked spelling in second grade. but i know that i have a problem, so i use spell check. but spell check doesn't understand usage/context ie: their and they're are both correct to spell check even if used incorrectly. that is one reason why people spell incorrectly, even if they are using a computer-- spell check says it's okay. some people don't spell well because they don't know they have a problem. they don't even bother to go and check-- it looks okay to them. i know the word is wrong; i just don't know what's wrong with it. my latin and german professors dispair of me. my papers were littered with (sp)'s written by me before they were turned in. after 3 years of college german, a professor finally counted all the languages that i had spelling problems with: english, latin, french, german, spanish, italian and stopped counting as it seems my weakness also extended into more archaic languages as well. but my neices and nephews, brought whole new meaning to my inabilities when i started reading their letters and papers. evidently, content was more important (and this i question as well) than the technical aspects of writing such as spelling, grammar, punctuation etc. my wife and i share a special pet peeve over mis-used possives. diggerb...See MoreProblem with spell check
Comments (5)I got this from Outlook Express help: "To check the spelling in messages Outlook Express uses the spelling checker provided with the following Microsoft Office programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. If you do not have one of these programs installed, the Spelling command is not available. In the New Message window, click Spelling on the toolbar, or on the Tools menu, click Spelling. Note To customize the way your spelling checker works, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then select the Spelling tab."...See MoreSpell check not working well
Comments (11)Most spell checkers test for mis-spellings, but not misused words. For example, I been seeing the words "brake" and "break" used interchangeable, and the spell checker wont discover this since both words are spelled correctly. Other common interchanges: there and their its and it's good and well those and these we're and weir dove and drove mail and meal However, a grammar and puctuation checker may flag some misused words....See MoreSpell Check?
Comments (8)iespell will work for your typing into the reply boxes here and other places on line that you would need it to. It should have put a little iespell icon on your browser toolbar. I never use IE anymore but I have used IEspell for years back when I did. What version of IE are you using? click up top on help then about IE and it will tell you the version. You might try Speckie add on. this might be helpful Add Spell Checking to Internet Explorer 9...See More- 8 years ago
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