Questions related to issues involving automated spell-checking programs.
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What is wrong with “Where should this car be parked?”?
Why does Microsoft Word 2010 show an error for the following sentence?
1. Where should this car be parked?
Word 2010 also suggests changing the sentence to
2. Where this car should ...
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3answers
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Why is “definitely” so frequently typoed?
Definitely seems to be one of the most frequently typoed words in written English on the Internet, enough to bring somebody to create d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com.
Simon Google says, in a completely ...
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4answers
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Is “kinda” a word?
I've used "kinda" as a word basically meaning "kind of" just run together. I wouldn't use it formally, but I noticed that Microsoft Word's spellchecker says that it isn't a word. I searched some and ...
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6answers
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What is wrong with the word “performant”?
I keep getting the red underlining in Word whenever I write the word "performant". Here I intend to refer to something that performs well or better than something else (ie it's more performant).
Is ...
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3answers
340 views
Is spell-checking software becoming a linguistic authority?
It seems that‒whether intentionally or not‒spell-checking software in web browsers and productivity suites heavily influence our use of language. For example: in drafting a document, I found that my ...
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3answers
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“Checking” vs. “chequing” vs. “chequeing” with regards to types of bank accounts
I came across this little dilemma when looking up the incorrectly spelled word "chequing" in my web browser's dictionary (Opera). According to the different dictionaries you can select in Opera:
EN ...
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3answers
978 views
“Smooths” versus “Smoothes”
I am interested in the rapid rise (since about 1993) in frequency of the spelling smoothes as against smooths.
An Ngram Viewer graph tracking the frequency of usage of the two words from 1800 to ...
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4answers
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Is there a verb “refactor” meaning “doing refactoring” in English?
Code refactoring consists of changing the structure of the code without changing its functionality. The term refactoring is currently used by software development industry to refer to this process.
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“Spelling checker” or “spell checker”?
I've always thought a spelling checker is a tool that checks spelling. I know a growing number of people say spell checker, but I've always considered that slang. Recently I did a search for the ...
5
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3answers
365 views
Correct capitalisation of “Machiavellian”?
Does the adjective Machiavellian always have a capital letter?
For example:
The Machiavellian Iago manipulates
Othello into believing his wife,
Desdemona, had an affair.
Not sure if this is ...
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3answers
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“Vendor” vs. “vender” in Standard American English
Which is preferred?
I've always thought that vendor was the only spelling. The question was brought up by a typo, which the Word spellchecker did not correct.
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3answers
157 views
“Among themselves” or “among them”?
Which sentence is correct?
...where successful people are giving lectures and people could
exchange knowledge among themselves.
...where successful people are giving lectures and people ...
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2answers
2k views
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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4answers
5k views
What is the correct word to use instead of else’s?
If I am trying to say “That problem that belongs to someone else,” then what is the correct word to use in this sentence:
That is someone else’s problem.
My spell checker says else’s and elses ...
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3answers
128 views
“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 ...
2
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1answer
359 views
Difference between “pajama”, “pyjama” and “paijama”
Which is the correct word: pajama, pyjama or paijama? Is there a difference between these three?
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3answers
388 views
Why is the word “movie” shown in spell check? [closed]
The spell check in Chrome or text-editors show the word "movie" as a spelling mistake, why?
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4answers
4k views
“Uncapable” or “incapable”?
In Microsoft Word, uncapable is marked as wrong. It sounded pretty alright to me, thus, I checked it up on the Web and found that many dictionaries do not have "uncapable" in their entries, but ...
2
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2answers
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Is it “GPL License” or “GPL license”?
Every time I write GPL license the spelling checker of my Mac OS X keeps to underline license in green; if I write GPL License, the spelling checker doesn't underline License.
When I hover the mouse ...
2
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1answer
916 views
What's wrong with this sentence? [closed]
I've noticed a few times recently that a generic, but well known text editor seems to be flagging up stuff that I'm sure is correct.
For example, in the below sentence, the generic, but well known ...
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3answers
109 views
Word suggests “advice” in place of “advise” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Advise” vs “advice”
What is wrong with the statement "Please advise on this..."? Word suggests to change it to "Please advice on this...".
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2answers
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“becomes who I am” or “become who I am”?
I've been experiencing this for a long time now. In Microsoft Word 2007, whenever I type the sentence,
"Thank you for helping me become who I am now,"
it always tells me that my use of "become" ...
1
vote
1answer
4k views
How to spell “woah” [closed]
How do I spell the word woah as used in surprise or excitement? Is it similar to wow but for the last w?
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2answers
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“Reseller” or “re-seller”?
Which spelling is correct — reseller or re-seller?
I was writing a question on another Stack Exchange site, and I wrote reseller, but the editor underlined that as an incorrect spelling. Microsoft ...
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3answers
209 views
Must OK only be written in capital letters? [duplicate]
Whenever I write ok the spell checkers underline it with a red line and suggest that I should OK. Not even Ok works. Why is this so?
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6answers
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What is the word for something that has not yet been configured?
I am writing a user-interface for a program that configures some things. Let’s call them entries. To help the user keep track of what is left of configuration, a section such as the following is ...
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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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3answers
3k views
Which is correct: “expose” or “exposé”?
What is the preferred way to write words such as exposé in English?
My Firefox spellchecker even tells me that exposé is incorrect and suggests expose.
If exposé is correct, then how does this sit ...
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3answers
439 views
How to correct a sentence that Word thinks is a fragment I need to revise?
I will be specific. I am trying to frame a sentence to include in a blog post. Instinctively it feels lame and wrong. Word keeps asking me to consider revising the fragment. As I am not a native ...
0
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1answer
120 views
What will be the possessive form of the word “Tipsy” used as a noun? [closed]
The Microsoft Word grammar check shows "Tipsy's" to be wrongly formed. I thought "Tipsy'" would do the job and it was shown as correct. However, it occurred to me that Tipsy does not end in a 'z' or ...
0
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2answers
45 views
Education or training
Is the word "education" or "training" correct? For example:
I attended the HTL, where I got a 4-year education in "Electronic,
Technical Informatics".
I attended the HTL, where I got a 4-year ...
0
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1answer
70 views
Utilise or Utilize
I am writing in UK English and would like to confirm that we use utilise instead of utilize. I cannot seem to find a answer for this online.
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1answer
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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?
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What is the correct spelling: “double-wide” or “double wide” or “doublewide” trailer? [closed]
I am referring to the style of home created when two single trailers are bolted together and lived in as a single unit.
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1answer
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i want the solution of spelling problem [closed]
i want to make a thesis research on the topic of "spelling problems of the students" .Many students have confusion like letter \ leter ,,,,, spealing \ spelling ,,,,, little \ littel,,,,,,* slotuion ...
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1answer
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The years had or has laid [closed]
I can't figure out which of the two words are correct...
The years had laid the foundation of my achieved knowledge.
The years has laid the foundation of my achieved knowledge.
With the correct ...
