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From: jonah@amos.ling.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: APPLEWORKS GS
Summary: Great, thanks.... :(
Keywords: AWGS, Spell checker
Message-ID: <6786@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu>
Date: 7 Jul 89 18:22:31 GMT
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In article <10505@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <6775@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> jonah@amos.UUCP (Jonah Stich) writes:
>>Well, while we're on the subject, I've noticed AWGS picking up words that
>>ARE SPELLED CORRECTLY!!! Any explination for this one?
>
>Did it miss "explination"?

Okay, so I can't spell.... That's why I need the spell checker to work
properly

>It is impractical for spelling checking software to be 100% accurate,
>either in detecting errors or in passing valid spellings.  The reasons
>should be obvious if you think about it.

Ya, but when it picks up thirty odd words in a ten page document, saying
they're spelled wrong when they aren't, then suggesting the EXACT SAME WORD
as a replacement, I kinda' begin to suspect that something is wrong.

Jonah