I believe you do.
2007-11-19 07:50:53 · 10 answers · asked by D 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I have taught many children and adults to use computers in the past 10 years, many of these people had poor reading skills. I found the as long as the 'auto correct function' was turned off poor readers would begin to memorize the words the spell check bought up and so a humble word processor was often the best teacher they had ever had.
2007-11-19 08:03:07 · answer #1 · answered by stars 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well yes, there are a lot of words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things, so if you don't know which one to use, spell check isn't going to help you. Also if you do not have a clue how to spell something, it probably wont come up on the spellchecker. Also the spellchecker doesn't always have the word in its dictionary, for examples names of places.
2007-11-19 15:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure that you do. I think an awareness of commonly confused words together with a willingness to look up dubious words in a thesaurus / dictionary is enough.
However, if the question was "can a poor & lazy speller use a spell check to compensate for both their failings?" I'd have to say now.. I mean no, ahem.
2007-11-19 16:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by Dantiumpro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just used Microsoft word to check "spall chack." The first suggestion for each word was correct.
This means that if you have some of the letters, spell check will usually get you the correct spelling.
If this or any other answer to your question helps you resolve this issue, please select a "best answer." This motivates people to help you and rewards their research in your behalf.
Cheers,
Bruce
2007-11-19 15:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spellcheck is not foolproof, it does NOT check for context, and Homonyms throw it for a loop, (The same loop that they throw people for). About all I use it for is to catch typos, it is NOT a substitute for knowing how to spell. The spellcheck here is lacking in any case, it's working dictionary seems to be limited.
2007-11-19 16:07:11 · answer #5 · answered by Stephen H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
U should be cause spell cheque did knot pick up any of the err ors that eye m making
2007-11-19 16:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From viewing all the Yahoo questions and answers, I'd say it's a great idea!
2007-11-19 15:54:58 · answer #7 · answered by ***~*** 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A rough idea helps
2007-11-19 15:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by ORC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may be right ... as usual D.
2007-11-19 15:54:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you do
2007-11-19 15:53:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋