Free spell check! (Plus grammar check, punctuation check...)

Burning Down · 05-12-2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Exactly one of the points I made. It's not confined to browsers either; most word processors are pre-set to "American English", where the letter Z usually replaces the letter S, and I is used more than Y (Tyre/tire) and so on.

Ah, see I don't generally have that problem since we use mostly American English here. But there are some words that have a "u" in them, like colour (vs. color), favourite (vs. favorite), etc, and others that end in "re" like centre (vs. center).

Trollheart · 05-13-2012, 06:05 AM

Yes, I should have said it's a problem for non-Americans. It really can be a pain though. But apart from the spelling differences, you also will have a problem if a spellchecker doesn't recognise a band name or artiste name, like maybe the band Millenium, who spell it that way, even though it's incorrect in reality. Spell checkers would keep telling you this is spelled wrongly.

There's a lot spell checkers either miss, or get wrong, but then as I say there's also the grammar aspect of things, and the punctuation. Anyway, if I can help someone here I am, if not, well at least I offered.

Paedantic Basterd · 05-13-2012, 11:03 AM

Ah, well fortunately I have the intellectual capacity to ignore the little red line when it comes up in regards to UK V. US spelling.

**Janszoon** · 05-13-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by James

What irritates me about my Firefox spell check is that it's all American spelling, so I always have loads of red lines.

You can download the plug-in for UK spellings (or anything else) here.

Guybrush · 05-13-2012, 11:41 AM

For Chrome users, there's an option to change spellchecking language (from US to UK english f.ex) in the program settings under "Under the Bonnet".

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Yes, I should have said it's a problem for non-Americans. It really can be a pain though. But apart from the spelling differences, you also will have a problem if a spellchecker doesn't recognise a band name or artiste name, like maybe the band Millenium, who spell it that way, even though it's incorrect in reality. Spell checkers would keep telling you this is spelled wrongly. There's a lot spell checkers either miss, or get wrong, but then as I say there's also the grammar aspect of things, and the punctuation. Anyway, if I can help someone here I am, if not, well at least I offered. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	For Chrome users, there's an option to change spellchecking language (from US to UK english f.ex) in the program settings under "Under the Bonnet". __________________ Something Completely Different

05-13-2012, 11:03 AM	#13 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Ah, well fortunately I have the intellectual capacity to ignore the little red line when it comes up in regards to UK V. US spelling.