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Old September 29, 2011, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Don José View Post
As I write words in English, some of them, although correctly spelt, are underlined in red. Sometimes the underline disappears, sometimes not. However, this doesn't happen when I do it in Spanish. So I think there must be a Spanish spelling checker "somewhere". Is it that true? Would it be possible to change to an English spelling checker?
The English spell check can be configured to recognise British English or American English. This can also cause confusion among native English speakers.Further problems occur with English which is a very non-phonetic language (unlike Spanish) The same sound in English can often be spelled in several ways. This poem illustrates my point.

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Eye halve a spell ling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plane lea marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type award
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 air or rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
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