Do you as a DUer use spell-check?

[ConcernedCanuk]

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I know some don't, and even some that do let spell-check's shortcomings pass

so . . .

what's your habit?

[ccharles000]

1. Always

[elocs]

6. I spell well but it is my browser which catches the mistakes.

It really is too bad how many posters don't give a damn though. I have seen very short OPs with a short headline with a word clearly misspelled, but it evidently was not important enough for the OP to spend a few seconds to proof read it. Sad, really.

[question everything]

51. My browser catches mistakes at the body of the message but not

the subject line and this is the reason why I selected "occasionally."

[elocs]

53. Mine too, but that's why I give the subject a good look before I post. n/t

[Trajan]

2. My spell check ....

[rustydog]

3. on I dont, I dont kneed it!

[dorkulon]

64. Ironically, that would have passed a spellcheck

Because "on" and "kneed" are both words.

[Kerrytravelers]

4. Most of the time. I use the Spellcheck on the Google toolbar.

Sometimes, I forget. :blush:

I wish they had a grammar check. I could always use that! :blush:

[Trajan]

8. Eek ... toolbar ....

Run away .....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. I'm an adament beleiver in speel check

:P

[timeforpeace]

7. Hadn't noticed it until now.

Thanks.

[Strong Atheist]

58. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Faygo Kid]

9. Never. Junior high spelling champion, 1964, and have never looked back.

Copy chief of my college paper 10 years later, and still editing every day.

I nevur maek misstakes.

(Seriously, I don't use it. I am it.)

[notesdev]

10. I won the spelling bee... twice

I spell better than the spell checkers do. Half those things are programmed by people who don't even speak English as a first language, and they're going to correct my spelling? Ha!

[Ian David]

11. My Mozilla browser automatically spellchecks stuff, but it doesn't work in the subject line

I'll spellcheck things that have words like "Renaissance" in the subject line.

But to be honest, sometimes I don't use DU spellcheck on the subject line, and end up flubbing simple words.

Maybe DU can change whatever keeps Mozilla from spellchecking the subject lines?

[TahitiNut]

21. SeaMonkey works an all text entry areas, Subject and Message both.

Right-click gives suggestions.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

48. Here's how you fix that so Firefox checks subject lines:

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/firefox-spell-checker/10327/

[Vidar]

50. Tssting . Works great! Thanks so much.

[Ian David]

54. Oh, thanj you!!!

Heh... did that one on purpose!

Thanks!

Look, it works! It knows I spelled "thanj you" now!

[scheming daemons]

12. Noep. Nevre. Wyh shood I?

[angrycarpenter]

13. I Always check but

When the hell will I be able to type Obama without that red line showing up? I am Incapable of hitting post reply until all misspellings are corrected and that red line pisses me off every time.

[kiva]

17. I know, I finally added 'Obama' to my dictionary to keep the red line away! n/t

[Toucano]

57. Me too!

I don't remember when exactly. Probably after Super Tuesday I decided he was here to stay! LOL!

[ZombieHorde]

14. I votde "aways use spllcheck". mt

[lpbk2713]

15. Ockashenaly

:eyes:

[ConcernedCanuk]

26. LOL - your avatar reminded me

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http://www.gocomics.com/andycapp

[rucky]

16. Spellcheck? No wonder I haven't gotten a Pulitzer yet.

[man4allcats]

18. I always use it and a

prevue, but I still manige to misspill sumtimes.

[TahitiNut]

19. Other: It's built-in to my browser (SeaMonkey) and underlines misspellings in red.

Real time. When I fumble-finger a post, it looks like it's bleeding to death.

[Kadie]

20. I use it a lot!

Sometimes I even go over to dictionary.com because the word just doesn't look right. I hate it when that happens.

[Strong Atheist]

60. Your cat looks unhappy. nt.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

22. not since spell check turned .org into

.orgasm

That makes me less trusting of Spell check and or whoever programs it.

[rucky]

27. I gotta go with the Spell Check on that one. n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

34. NO SEX THREADS!

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:evilgrin:

[scarletwoman]

23. I'm an English major and a perfectionist. I don't require the assistance of artifical intelligence

in order to achieve perfection in the written word.

Nyaa nyaa nyaa :P

[JuniperLea]

49. LOL! I was just going to say...

My spelling is great, but my fingers can't keep up and I'm usually in a hurry, so you'll see a fair amount of edited posts from me.

Wink, wink;)

[MadMaddie]

24. Yea usually after I click the post message and then reread my

post....and darn it I misspelled a word.....sigh..open post...spell check and click post message a second time!:silly:

[hootinholler]

25. Other: Automated firefox built in.

Or an extension, can't remember. It underlines all my errors.

-Hoot

[realisticphish]

28. Yes, but not the DU one

my browser automatically does it

[MADem]

29. Occasionaly?????

:rofl:

Were you being wry?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occasionally

[ConcernedCanuk]

32. no

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wry

Was a simple matter of thinking that some may only check now and then, as in NOT always.

:shrug:

[MADem]

36. I was going for the "devious" definition of wry, because you misspelled the word "occasionally" nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

38. LOL - I guess spell-check doesn't do good in polls - I also misspelled "give" - (gve) in the poll

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oops

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[MADem]

39. Eh, nothing but a thing! I don't always spell check, myself, and I have a keyboard that sometimes

is a bit weak in typing out the G in words, most particularly. I have to give it a good push to make it happen.

So, if I am a bit too fast to hit the posting button, I sometimes find myself thinkin, jumpin, shakin, bakin, or what-have-you. My posts look like a down-home country gathering--or "atherin," I guess! (or "uess!!").

[csziggy]

30. Other - I use the spell checker in FireFox n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

31. I have layers of spell-check working overtime to save me from myself.

[Regret My New Name]

33. I do not have to because my spelling is always perfect.

[spanone]

35. i uset it al thu tim

[Iggo]

37. Nope.

Most of the time after I hit "Post Message", I read my post and if I have any glaring spelling errors I'll fix 'em on edit. I haven't used spell check on purpose since college.

[Blue_In_AK]

40. My spelling is very good,

so I don't use spell check. Sometimes I make a typo, though, which is why I usually preview my longer posts.

[Gemini Cat]

41. Ha! Every time I write anything anywhere.

I can't spell. There are sites that don't have spell check so I'll use that remarkable little book called a dictionary.

[proteus_lives]

42. Most of the time.

But I have forgotten before and most times it's if I'm posting right before checking something in the kitchen, stepping out for a smoke, switching to a work window or other.

[DearAbby]

43. I haf empekible speeling scills

Ef yu dont beleaf me, ax me. Dont mak me stop this thred and go ofer ther.



Edet: punkuashun, and gramer.

[Mind_your_head]

44. Occasionally. My spelling is pretty good.

I KNOW the correct usage of there, their, and they're as well. However, sometimes in my haste I "am lazy" and misuse the spelling/word. (I really HATE IT when I notice later ~ after the edit time ~ that I've used the word incorrectly :banghead: .... I ALSO realize, unfortunately, that MANY/MOST people won't notice/care ~ more :banghead:)

I refer to the dictionary often (and often reference my posts here on DU BACK to the definitions of words in the dictionary....probably to many ppl's annoyance? I dunno).

Well, to "sum it up".....I believe that if you can't "accurately say what you mean, you can't mean what you say". I try to be as accurate as possible in my posts and I TRULY TRULY love all of the other posters here (and elsewhere) who can articulate their thoughts with good grammar, spelling, and logic. (That letter of Dr. McCoy's to the AMA that I read today is a very FINE example of good grammar, spelling, logic, and a 'heart in the correct place).

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P.S. Btw, I 'owe' my good education to the Franciscan and Dominican Sisters that taught at my schools and to my parents who paid for it, even though it was more than a struggle for them to do so.

on edit: As careful as I tried to be....I noticed a mistake ARRRRGGGHHHHH.

[BurtWorm]

45. I shore do! Theirs always a chants I'll misspell sum thing.

[ConcernedCanuk]

46. LOL - there is definitely a need for a grammar check

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Doncha think??

:dunce:

:thumbsup:

[chat_noir]

47. My keyboarding is sometimes homonymically-challenged

and spell check doesn't work for that.

There's some sort of disconnect between my brain and my fingers when it comes to homonyms.

[timtom]

52. I AM spell check!

[mvd]

55. Yes, the one built into Firefox

I tend to proofread and edit my posts a lot.

[ConcernedCanuk]

56. LOL - I gotta laff at the peeps that said they don't give a sh*t -

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I expected a smaller percentage

but oh well . .

carry on!

:silly:

[SidDithers]

59. I don't knead it...nt

Sid

[LWolf]

61. Rarely: Only if I'm not sure about a word. nt

[Spirochete]

62. I dont nid no spelcheker

i can spel prity gud without wun.

[lame54]

63. No - because I'm a moran

[Retired AF Dem]

65. Since I cant spell for shit

I always use it.

[Uncle Joe]

66. I'm wondering why "demonize" isn't in spell check?

This sounds like it should be a word to me.