2006-08-31 13:37:35 · 17 answers · asked by Striker 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
And how would we find it?
2006-08-31 13:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Luveniar♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a werd in the dictionary wer misspelled, it depends on how it appears in the dictionary. For example, if every word like it wer spelled the same way throughout the dictionary including the definitions (sort of like "wer" in this answer), then we probably would not know. If there wer instances where the word is spelled one way in one place and the werd is spelled another way in another place (like "word" in this answer), then we could tell which is wrong. For example, the word "word" is spelled more often as "word" than "werd" in this answer, so we could guess that "werd" is misspelled.
This is a good question, by the way.
2006-08-31 20:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by alnitaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is not just ONE dictionary :-) All Hail the absolutism of the dictionary !!! The one and only dictionary to be followed from now on by the followers of Adolf Hitionary the dictionary !
2006-08-31 21:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by p.g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you suspect a word is misspelled, check another reference book. A lot of words in British English are spelled different than American English.
If you run spellcheck on your Yahoo! question, I'll bet you'll find a few. I have.
Here are a few:
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Antivirus
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offline
2006-08-31 20:55:39 · answer #4 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are misspelled words in the dictionary every time one is printed=====mispelled
2006-08-31 20:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by bull 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to yahoo, type in the question of what word you think is misspelled, then get a vote on if it's misspelled or not.
MAJORITY RULES
2006-08-31 20:41:14 · answer #6 · answered by Missy N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would know if certain words were spelled wrong. Like a, the, bee, sea, see. But I don't think they would mispell THOSE
2006-08-31 20:44:53 · answer #7 · answered by Maxwell Smart(ypants) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do the spell-check & you'll get to know whether the word is rightly spelt or not!
2006-08-31 20:40:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spell check or different dictionary
2006-08-31 21:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I've wondered the same thing, like Wednesday, that one has never made any sense to me! I think we should change it to Wensday, that makes more sense to me..........:).....PS, I just did my spell check, and you guessed it, it said my spelling for Wednesday, was wrong, that's just not right!
2006-08-31 21:35:55 · answer #10 · answered by tictak kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess if it was spelled funny to you. then i would check with different references.
2006-08-31 20:40:53 · answer #11 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋