Spelling errors
By Tiff Gray
@T_gray (7774)
Salina, Kansas
March 11, 2016 10:33pm CST
I was discussing with my best friend the other day that in this day in age there is no reason to have spelling errors anymore. With google, the little squiggly red line, spell check on almost every device. It is almost impossible to not know that you're spelling a word wrong.
But I have noticed over the last couple posts that I have wrote that some words appear to be spelled wrong (with the little squiggly red line), but after looking them up on google, I find that the word is, indeed, spelled correctly. .
So in conclusion, some spell checks might fail, but there is always google. Google knows all. Hehe.
How is your spelling skills? Mine personally suck and I am thankful for google.
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17 responses
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
12 Mar 16
Actually spelling checkers are not infallible. For a start there are many versions of the English language, as an Englishman I spell colour with a 'U' and realise with an "S" instead of a "Z". There are many differences in the language. Another problem is that even without spelling differences between nations most spell checkers only know the most used words, say 250,000 words, yet there are more than a million English words.
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Mar 16
The one word people need to be aware of is the word lose - to lose something. Word will try to get you to type in loose - my trousers are very loose. Two completely different words and meanings, but Word doesn't know the difference. That word is also my number one pet peeve in reading posts, but I'm ignoring it.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
13 Mar 16
Sometimes when a spelling function does not know the word you are using you have the option of adding it to the dictionary for the spell checker. I have used the free version of Grammarly at times and that is even more complex.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Mar 16
I'm hopeless with spelling and thankful for spell checks :)
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Mar 16
@T_gray I know my spelling and grammar suck, oh well thats me, can't all be perfect like some people think we should be.
Someone pointed out a mistake in one of my posts the other day.
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
12 Mar 16
@kevin1877uk wow really? I have had one person point out a mistake one time.
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@allknowing (137771)
• India
12 Mar 16
Sometimes the red line does not show if the word though not appropriate in that sentence is spelled correctly. I had that howler in one of my posts. I spelled poach as porch
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Mar 16
Most of the time I am very good at spelling. I get annoyed with myself when I spell something wrong, because usually that just means I was rushing and didn't pay attention but it doesn't bother me if anyone else spells something wrong.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Mar 16
personally i like the lil red squigglies, looks most festive. i agree though, sometimes it'll do't regardless. perhaps the thingy here's vocab aint been updated? ;)
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
12 Mar 16
While most of the time misspelled words irritate me, they do add a little personality to what is written. Proving we are not all robots.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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12 Mar 16
I would say my spelling is good but I have some problems with my grammar (proper use of punctuation, preposition, etc.).
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Mar 16
I have the same with words highlighted as spelled incorrectly when they are. While the spell checks are helpful, one must not come to rely totally on that automatic correction. It is important to continue learning to spell correctly yourself. Make an effort to remember how to spell that word you had to look up. On one hand spell check and calculators etc is very helpful, on the other encourages is creating laziness in totally relying on technology to do thinking for you.
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@DEADLYKITTENS (66)
• Democratic Republic Of The Congo
12 Mar 16
I think my spelling is pretty good, its my grammar that's terrible ;/
