[Busman747]

Originally Posted by ShortStuff

I think it's more fun without a spell checker - if can give you a bit of a laugh, but usually you can still understand the post so it doesn't really matter that much.

Yes, I sort of agree shortstuff but for those educated in the 60's or earlier, grammar and spelling was paramount and to be unable to spell would mean a lower grade in exams "C.S.E's" "O" Levels and "A" Levels. It would even affect subjects like Science or History. Presentation was the key to good results as much as knowing the subject.

This is why us "old'uns" tend to shake our heads at the modern form of "short-hand." (which originally came about in the early days of text messaging when a message could only contain a certain amount of letters or spaces.)


I am certainly not perfect but can usually get most spelling right but just occasionally, a word crops up that baffles me and I have to break away from the Accy web to find the correct spelling elsewhere on the net. I specify the word that I need to know but rarely use the option to check the entire e-mail or letter with spellcheck if it is incorporated in the program, but......... On the Hyndburnlife site, they DO have a spell check but without the option of choosing the specified word. While posting a comment on there in reply to Bagpuss, the first suggestion it came up with was to change "Bagpuss" to ................."Anguses!!" I was laughing too much to complete the comments so cut the post short.

So for me, a spellcheck would be very welcome...but only if I can select the word that needs editing
Hi Anguses