Even with a spellchecker in your word processor and an English writing software checking up your writing, spelling errors can still make their way in your writing. How? For the most part, most spelling errors will fall under unintentional mistakes that are actually deemed valid words (e.g. typing “dig” instead of “dog”) or incorrectly-spelled names.
Archive for the ‘Spell checking’ Category
How To Avoid Spelling Errors For Good
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012Spelling Checker Or A Full Writing Software?
Thursday, January 6th, 2011A friend asked me once, “Do I really need to buy writing software? I already have a spelling checker. Isn’t that enough?” Frankly, it isn’t.
Spell Checkers Are No Longer What They Used To Be
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011If you’ve been around computers for a long time, you’ve probably seen software spell checkers from the early days. Just as the name implies, all they did was match your spelling of words to the ones in their database, offering corrections as necessary.
Three Correct Things Your Spellchecker Might Flag As Incorrect
Saturday, October 16th, 2010No software is perfect. No matter how good your spell check program is, there are things it will occasionally flag as incorrect which shouldn’t be. Make sure you recognize the error when it happens, so you don’t end up replacing erstwhile correct use of the English language.
