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rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 12:34:43 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse The spell checker seems to be getting worse, not better. I just had it fix "fo" to "of" and it propagated the change through the whole post, changing "for" to "ofr", among others. It needs to restrict such changes to whole words or not propagate the change at all. [Edited by: rjhenn at 3/7/2013 12:35:13 PM EST]

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The spell checker seems to be getting worse, not better. I just had it fix "fo" to "of" and it propagated the change through the whole post, changing "for" to "ofr", among others.

It needs to restrict such changes to whole words or not propagate the change at all.

[Edited by: rjhenn at 3/7/2013 12:35:13 PM EST]

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kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,634 Points:3,679,735 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2013 11:59:39 PM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse Alternately, compose your text in the word processor of your choice, and run a spell checker there, and then do a copy/paste to the Web page's input field when done. If you've already started composing the text here at the site, and then want to spell check it, you can still copy it to your word processor to do the check. (If no errors, then just hit the Post button. Otherwise, either edit on the Web page and repeat, or edit in the WP and copy back the final result.)
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2013 11:50:26 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Right Here!
ziyulu Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:8,484 Points:1,599,950 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2013 11:18:17 AM Ignore ziyulu Report Abuse I wish Internet Explorer would add a spell checker. I do not like using GasBuddy's spell checker. It's too confusing.
1stupedaso Sophomore Author Kentucky Posts:197 Points:70,420 Joined:Dec 2012	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2013 8:57:57 AM Ignore 1stupedaso Report Abuse Ime nut cuncurned wit nowing how to spel
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 19, 2013 2:17:49 AM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse I usually compose in notepad, then let Firefox spellcheck it when I paste it in. That saves me from losing the message if something messes up.
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 19, 2013 1:28:13 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse I’ve seen that confused capitalization several times. I always wondered why anyone would type like that. Trying to make a point in a weird way? I once clicked on “Check Spelling” by accident instead of “Post Message.” It hashed up my message so badly that I erased it and pasted it in again. (I always compose in my word processor and paste into the message box.)
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2013 2:12:49 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse Another long-time problem with the spell checker is it will take a capitalized two character acronym and capitalize the same letter sequence throughout the post. For example, if someone uses "IC" in a post, the spell checker will change "nice" to "nICe".
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2013 12:39:17 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse I was talking to a college history instructor yesterday, who grades his students’ papers on spelling, punctuation and grammar as well as the historical facts. If more would do that we would have a more literate population. It should not be possible to graduate high school without a working knowledge of the English language, including proper usage, spelling and punctuation. It is astounding how many say “lay” when they mean “lie” and insert apostrophes into plurals and things like that.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,634 Points:3,679,735 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Mar 17, 2013 4:59:22 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse smugutu, I expect that spelling is still taught, but a significant number of people choose not to be diligent about it -- either because they expect the computer to be able to correct it (which is often not the case!), or because they expect the recipient to be able to understand them anyway. And then there's the unfortunate custom of typing in rebus ("I H8 U") to save a few keystrokes.
VDubBill Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:3,765 Points:1,259,370 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2013 11:45:29 AM Ignore VDubBill Report Abuse Conoco, Lexus, Prius, Texaco, Wal-mart, Fisker, GasBuddy, and BP. All are incorrect in GasBuddy's spell check. Conoco, Wal-mart, and Gasbuddy are incorrect in Firefox, but can be added to the dictionary.
smugutu1234 Sophomore Author Tallahassee Posts:200 Points:68,615 Joined:Feb 2013	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2013 9:06:26 AM Ignore smugutu1234 Report Abuse I am guessing spelling is not taught in school anymore since the age of computers we rely on them to understand what we want to say and spell it correctly.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2013 5:13:37 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse I have a Chrome spell checker that works very well.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2013 2:08:55 AM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse I don't think I've seen any spell checker yet that had adequate knowledge of context.
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2013 12:28:49 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse “I try to use Firefox whenever possible, with it's [sic] built in spell check. Work's [sic] great!” Too bad it does not have the ability to correct misplaced apostrophes.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,254 Points:2,141,000 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2013 10:23:40 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse A spell checker for a gas price site should not flag "Conoco" as an invalid word. Or "Exxon" either. [Edited by: Sneakers55 at 3/14/2013 10:25:44 PM EST]
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,634 Points:3,679,735 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2013 6:17:39 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse Except that it doesn't have the context-sensitivity that would be needed to detect inappropriate apostrophes ("it's", "Work's"), etc. :-)
RogerB Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:18,045 Points:2,621,085 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2013 1:00:21 AM Ignore RogerB Report Abuse I likewise haven't used the forum spell checker for a long time. I try to use Firefox whenever possible, with it's built in spell check. Work's great!
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,634 Points:3,679,735 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2013 3:49:25 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse NEVER use the GasBuddy spell checker -- there are common situations where the text has no mistakes, but the checker introduces some when you try to post it.
Wanda127 Champion Author Florida Posts:2,479 Points:911,980 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2013 1:00:49 AM Ignore Wanda127 Report Abuse Spell checker works great for me most of the time.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 10:01:59 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse I do, at home. It's other places where I have the problem. If they only had an Android app for the forums. [Edited by: rjhenn at 3/7/2013 10:02:23 PM EST]
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 7:20:48 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Get a spell checker for your browser and use that one.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 3:26:05 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse I'm also seeing it take words that start a sentence and propagate the capitalization to other words that DON'T start a sentence and shouldn't be capitalized.