Spelling issues

I am not aware of any browsers that have a spell check feature and I expect yours doesn't either. This feature requires a word processor program of some sort in order for the spell check option to become an active selection of a news reader.

Not so. There are excellent news readers that have spell checkers. I use one of them - Agent by name. There are several others.

These are dedicated news readers, programs specifically for use in reading Usenet news. Some have email capability as well.

Pat

Outlook express does. Tools/options/spelling tab. Tick (check) "always check spelling before sending" box.

Even I can do it. :-))

Steve

I use Netscape 7.1 and it uses the same spell checker for e-mail and newsgroup posts. That's why my spelling is always poifect. ;-)

Steve

Anne wrote:

Actually most browsers have a spell checker built in. But really, who cares? If you can figure out what the person means in a world wide forum then that should be good enough.

Steve Calvin surprised us with

I'm a bit harsh in my judgment: if a message is sloppily written, the content will most likely be sloppily conceived as well.

Unfortunately on average usenet-posters prove me to be right in this.

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:16:04 -0500, snipped-for-privacy@meadows.pair.com wrote in rec.gardens.edible:

I use Agent for both usenet and e-mail. Agent 2.0 has just been released. Agent's creators do refer to it as a browser.

-- Gardening Zones Canada Zone 5a United States Zone 3a Near Ottawa, Ontario

If you care so much, might I suggest that you have a care about where your lines break? I would rather read a dozen mis-spellings than read one post with lines broken the way yours are, above.

Thanks. Just trying to promote a better experience for everyone.

--Mac

Hi Mac, Actually, that bothers me too. When I compose the messages in Netscape

Sherw>

This is my *least* favorite argument for poor communication. We could conceivably manage, probably not in print, with pointing and grunting. OTOH, I regard newsgroup posts as "casual," not requiring rigorous analysis before sending. Neither my typing nor my spelling is error-free, and I don't expect everyone else's to be. If I were composing a letter to editor of a newspaper, I would be *very* careful about spelling, grammar, structure, etc. I would proofread, spell-check, re-arrange, and otherwise edit my first draft. Not so casual msgs to friends or newsgroup posts, although I try to make them readable.

It's true that most errors can be "figured out," but it's a lot easier to "figure" when someone doesn't write 'putat' for 'potato.'

People value language use differently. Our words appearing in public

Well, eye used spell check on this and I think its fare to say awl is well. Bare in mind, eye think know spell checker corrects every mistake. Many words have duel spellings and or meanings and some times its hard to illicit what won is trying to say. Relying on spell checker could bee you're wurst vise. Sleigh the temptation of laziness. Spell checker may seam a good thing, butt sum day it mite make a fool of ewe.

--jack

Forte Agent has a spell checker built in.

Of course, I ususally forget to use it.... :)

email: dallyn_spam at yahoo dot com please respond in this NG so others can share your wisdom as well!

Sherwin D.

Edit> preference> mail & newsgroups> composition> wrap plain text at

--jack

Find the setting (assuming there is one) for Characters per line

Change it to 60 and you should be f>Hi Mac,

email: dallyn_spam at yahoo dot com please respond in this NG so others can share your wisdom as well!

options/posting preferences/spelling/Auto-check spelling on send.

It checks both mail & usenet -- and the new version of Agent has a vastly improved spellchecker. Not worth the $15 for an upgrade yet, but I might just do it because I'll be upgrading to 2.1 when nested folders are available.

Jim

Gravity also has a spelling checker.

Very good, Jack. ;-)

jack wrote:

il Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:26:26 GMT, Sherwin Dubren ha scritto: [snip]

I hadn't noticed any glaring errors. I can still understand you guys. And some of us live in countries where the spelling is still the original stuff. ;-) But I won't belabour the point as I go to clean out my grey aluminium milk saucepan and continue to cook my bacon under the grill.

A spell checker for my Amiga? hmmm I would have to train any dictionary New Zealandese.