Questions about Firefox’s ideas of English
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Is the word “women's” a typo?
My browser's spellcheck says it is, but I can't figure out why. Is Firefox sexist?
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3answers
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“Functionalities;” According to Firefox, this word doesn't exist [closed]
I was composing an email and needed the plural form of the word "functionality." To my surprise I saw the dreaded red underline indicating a spelling mistake.
It made me wonder whether this was a ...
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“ou” versus “o” in spelling words like “color”/“colour”
Often, I have to decide whichever is better in mail, forums, letters. For instance:
colour vs color
behaviour vs behavior
humour vs humor
rumour vs rumor
honour vs honor
The difference comes ...
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2answers
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What is the plural form of “whitespace”?
I ask this because Firefox suggested that whitespaces is not a valid word; rather it gave me whitespace or white spaces.
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Adverb of “gullible” [closed]
What is the adverb form of gullible? I tried using gullibly but it apparently isn't a word. Is it one of those adjectives that simply don't have an adequate adverb?
