Do you spellcheck your discussions & comments?
@kimberlymarie (203)
United States
February 28, 2007 10:34pm CST
Before you post, do you use anything (Google Toolbar Spellcheck, Built-in browser Spellcheck, copy & paste to a word doc, etc) to spellcheck before you post on myLot?
I do, always. I use a browser called Flock, and it has built-in spellcheck. Sometimes I type faster then I can spell (LOL), so it catches a lot of good mistakes. Only thing I wish it caught was words spelled right but used wrongly and grammar.
Sure, it takes an extra minute, but I think it's worth it.
So how about you? Do you spellcheck?
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
19 Mar 07
No I don't use spell check. I probably should though! I tend to type very fast, my fingers move fast! When I am done typing, I usually read what I typed before I post it.
@KaMlBob (786)
• United States
1 Mar 07
Oh yes! I learned that an innocent type-o on yahoo answers can get you embarrassed and reamed, so I spell check just about every time!
I have MS Word opened and I just copy and paste into it or write directly in it then drop and drag into the text box here.
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@joby_09 (498)
• Philippines
1 Mar 07
No i don't. That's how confident I am with my replies. hahaha!!!
Seriously, before i post my reply, i read them twice to detect any errors or missing words. Also, by checking, you can rephrase your sentence into a generally acceptable one and you can also decide to eliminate unrelated thoughts. But i don't use internet facilities to check on my grammar and spelling. (As for mylot, huh...) =)
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@threegoats (100)
• United States
1 Mar 07
I try and remember to spell check my replies here but half the time I forget. Usually I can spell fairly well, it is just typing too fast that tends to trip me up when posting here. I agree, a grammar check would be a very helpful tool.
@JennyLeah (190)
• United States
1 Mar 07
Always. Absolutely always no matter where I'm posting. At least... since Firefox built in the spell checker, I have.
Before that, if I was unsure of a spelling, I'd put sp? in between a couple of parenthesis, because I'm too lazy to copy it, open another program, paste it, and then run a spell check, and THEN (if there were spelling mistakes), copying and pasting it again back in the form.
I'm generally a pretty decent speller (just sort of comes naturally, and I know it's a lucky gift), so I didn't have to do it often. Even now, I don't see the little red line show up too often, and when I do it's always on words I know I don't know how to spell.
I just don't think there's any excuse to not spell check, or at least indicate that you know you need to.
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