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Lionel Mandrake

(4,077 posts)
8. If you're trying to use spell check, it isn't working.
Tue May 14, 2013, 02:05 AM
May 2013

It can't tell which of several words like pair, pare, and pear is the one you need.
Likewise their, there, and they're.
its and it's
whose and who's
lie, lay, lain vs. lay, laid, laid
...
If you depend on spell check, it will let you down every time.

Post it on the internet ThoughtCriminal May 2013 #1
Brilliant! ohiosmith May 2013 #3
Oh brother! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #2
Then I'm screwed! ohiosmith May 2013 #4
Probably. Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #5
But,.....wait,...if I can't,...and it can't,..... ohiosmith May 2013 #6
People who can spell, give a flock,...... of sheep Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #7
If you're trying to use spell check, it isn't working. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #8
I spell better than any spell checker I've ever come across... Wounded Bear May 2013 #9
why can't we have Bad Spelling Bees ? olddots May 2013 #10
That kind of contest could go on for days, Art_from_Ark May 2013 #11
When my post says something different than I intended it to In_The_Wind May 2013 #12
Oldie but a goodie Callmecrazy May 2013 #13
Half the posters here would not know if it wasn't working. RebelOne May 2013 #14
Just Half? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #16
Ah wood be lost without mah spallchocker pinboy3niner May 2013 #15
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