College Composition / Unit 9 CMP 0208 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Spelling and the Spell-Checker
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The idea
Spell-checkers catch misspelled words but miss correctly spelled wrong words.
In practice
A spell-checker accepts their for there, affect for effect and form for from, because each is a real word.
Where people slip
Treat the spell-checker as a first pass; words commonly confused, covered in unit ten, need your own eye.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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