Comments on: Spell Check Isn’t Foolproof!

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:37 +0000

I found at one stage (in Word 2003 I think) a way of creating a list of frequently confused words – it underlined them in blue wiggly lines (as opposed to the usual red for spelling errors) – that was useful – though you had to have anticipated the errors you were likely to make before hand … which mayn’t have helped the previous poster with his premises!

By: MR.NAJAM

MR.NAJAM — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:24:10 +0000

AND ALSO ABOUT POLETICS.

By: MR.NAJAM

MR.NAJAM — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:22:40 +0000

I WANT TO WRITE ARTICLES IN PAPERES ON RELIGION FOR EXAMPLE

By: Beyond the Spell Checker

Beyond the Spell Checker — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:56:59 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:56:19 +0000

My favorite spell check “foe paw” occurred about twenty years ago while typing a letter using an early version of WordPerfect (although I’m now a MS Word user, I’m sure WP’s checker is better now than then!).

The subject of my letter was a real estate matter and the text contained the term “demised premises”. Thankfully, I DID proofread before signing and mailing the letter wherein WP had CORRECTED my typo of the word “premises” and automatically (without prompting me)changed it to read “demised penises”.

You can sure, that my head would’ve been drooping low had I not caught THAT one!