Is spell check perfect?

Question

I just noticed that when I use the spell check, words are still mispelled. Like if I meant to type "nothing" but forgot the h and typed "noting", spell check doesn't pick it up because that is an acutal word. Anyone else notice this? If so, is it really fair to make fun of people's typos?

Answer 1

no its not perfect and yes it is fair. you didnt read over your own paper. try that next time

Answer 2

There is spell checking and grammar checking. You are talking about grammar checking. Spell checking is perfect in the sense of what it is for. It simply checks that what you type is in its dictionary nothing more. And its dictionary is not going to be totally inclusive, that is why most allow you to add words.

Grammar is much more difficult and should only be thought of as a guide.

And no it is not fair to make fun of people's typos, and even in their bad grammar most of the time, but on the other hand people should strive to do their best, because if your spelling and grammar are to bad it will get in the way of you communicating your thoughts and in the case of this forum, getting the right answer.

Answer 3

Well "noting" means to note something, so it is an actual word. There are many scientific words that I use that my spell checker says is wrong, but the spell checker is still valid.
Really after you type something, you should still proof read it before you submit it. (This goes for Answers, for letters, e-mails or assignments.) So people who have typos often do not take the time to read over what they wrote carefully enough or they might need to learn the proper spelling and/or grammar.

Answer 4

Spell checker is not perfect and if you ask most of the linguistic and computer scientist that because of ambiguity in language, spell checker will never be 100% perfect.

But most people in business proofread their emails, in addition to spell checking. Having spelling mistakes make you look like an idiot. Imagine if all the letters and emails you boss writes has grade 2 spelling mistakes. I'd laugh and also think why I don't have his job.

Answer 5

It only checks individual words if they're spelled correctly or not. It doesn't pick up on grammar or anything like that. For instance it won't tell you that you incorrectly used "there" instead of "their". I think people may do spell-check and if everything is OK they hit 'submit'. They might not reread it and check for the wrong words, missing words, etc.

Answer 6

Yes, that's all a spellchecker will do -- check spelling. It can't help grammar.

And yes, it is fair to point out spelling and grammatical mistakes, because people should check their writing themselves. And, I'll bet, most people don't even bother with the spellchecker.

Answer 7

Well its obvious that spell check has alot of flaws. There main flaw is that they do not know excatly what the word means or what context to use them in.

Ex. There, Thier, They're

Sometimes they even annoy you with the green line saying thats not right when obviously sometimes is.

Answer 8

Most people have same experience. The language you preset for your computer does affect the spelling check as well. eg US english, British English or Autralian english do have difference result or spelling on certian words.

Answer 9

sure spell check is not 100%, but remember it also depends on the dictionary your using. there are different spelling of the same word, depending if you are using the US, British or Australian dictionaries. i would imagine that most of the default ones are US.

Answer 10

Nope

Answer 11

Spell check always spells my name wrong, even though that's how I spell it...I think, if it's one or two misspelled words, then it should not matter; it should only matter if they misspell the entire question or answer.