Does this help you understand why spell check doesn't work?

Question

Not one of the words below was picked up by spell check. 10 points to the first person who rewrites it correctly with less than 3 errors!

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin not sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

--Sauce unknown

Answer 1

I have a spelling checker.
It came with my PC.
It plainly marks for my review
Mistakes I cannot see.

I strike a key and type a word
And wait for it to say
Whether I am wrong or right.
It shows me straight away.

As soon as a mistake is made
It knows before too long
And I can put the error right.
It's rarely ever wrong.

I have run this poem through it.
I am sure you're pleased to know
It's letter perfect in its way.
My checker told me so.

--Source unknown

Answer 2

I have a spelling checker
It came with my pc
It plainly marks for my review
mistakes I cannot see.

I strike a key and type a word
and wait for it to say
whether I am wrong or right
it shows me straight away

as soon as a mistake is made
it knows before too long
and i can put the error right
its rarely ever wrong

i have run this poem through it
i am sure you're pleased to know
it's letter perfect in it's way
my checker told me so.

--source unknown

Answer 3

Spell check looks for mispelled words only - it doesn't search for grammatical errors.

All of your grammatical errors are spelled correctly.

Answer 4

Thank you!

I saw that once. Now I have a copy.

Answer 5

Arrghhh.. I know I know... Crazy isn't it!?