Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!amos!jonah From: jonah@amos.ling.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: APPLEWORKS GS Message-ID: <6811@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> Date: 11 Jul 89 04:01:44 GMT References: <8907072017.aa27749@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Sender: nobody@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu Reply-To: jonah@amos.UUCP (Jonah Stich) Organization: Univ. of Calif., San Diego Lines: 18 In article <8907072017.aa27749@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) writes: >>Well, while we're on the subject, I've noticed AWGS picking up words that ARE >> SPELLED CORRECTLY!!! Any explination for this one? My guess would be that >>there >> are control codes that have somehow gotten into the document (due to my nimble > fingers :) and that these are giving the spellchecker problems, but somehow >> this dosen't seem very likely to me... > Remember that spell checkers only check works in their dictionaries, which >are not complete. The problem really isn't with the spell checker, it's >with the dictionary. No, this dosen't explain the problem, as when I ask the spell checker to suggest correct spellings, it gives me THE EXACT SAME SPELLING. It's not that thspell checker dosen't know the words, just that it's incorrectly flagging them as spelled correctly. Jonah