On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Roy Witt wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    HG>> There are many words that differ by just one letter in the word   
    HG>> that have a different meaning but are accepted by the spell checker   
    HG>> because they are correctly spelled but gramatically faulty in the   
    HG>> context.   
      
    ml> you just nailed the exact reason why spell checkers are only one part   
    ml> of the equation... grammar checkers are also highly desired... some   
    ml> grammar checkers use a spell checker as they run but generally, it   
    ml> should be a two pass scenario... one for the spelling and one for the   
    ml> grammar... the grammar pass may turn up additional mis-spellings   
    ml> which can be corrected then ;)   
      
    RW> Actually, MS-Word has both of those features, but I seldom use it.   
      
   i use spell checkers only when i'm not sure of a word or it just doesn't look   
   right... when i was using word, i used the grammer checker quite a lot...   
   especially when tuning the document to different reader levels... some   
   documents were meant for lower and middle school targets while other documents   
   were directed at scientific and higher education targets... outside of tuning   
   the document for the target's reading level, i used the grammer checker to   
   make sure i didn't miss things like using two or too where to was proper... we   
   already know that a spell checker doesn't verify that the word is used   
   properly ;)   
      
    RW> I normally don't run a spell checker, but do access an online   
    RW> dictionary when I'm in doubt. Sometimes my version of spelling a   
    RW> word can't be found because it isn't there. But it will suggest   
    RW> words spelled similarly that one can look up and perhaps use to   
    RW> find the word you were looking for. Or it will make a suggestion   
    RW> that offers a different spelling.   
      
   i do that from time to time, too... uncle google is very knowing O:)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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