Which one of the following statements is true for spell checkers?
A. Spell checker dictionaries are typically larger than conventional dictionaries.
B. Spell checker dictionaries include proper nouns.
C. A word you know to be correctly spelled may be flagged as misspelled.
D. Most spell checkers flag inappropriate word usage.
3 Responses
imapirateaarr
11 Aug 2011
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11 Aug 2011
I think B because spell checker dictionaries are just going to have the same amount of words, maybe less than a dictionary, because they are only there for getting the word right or checking if punctuation is used in the correct form. As the spell checker dictionaries are spelling words correctly, it is highly unlikely they will get the answer wrong. I haven’t seen any dictionaries with inappropriate words, because if they are in a dictionary, then why would you say it is inappropriate, it is the English language. So I believe spell checker dictionaries include proper nouns or otherwise they wouldn’t understand the subject and word agreement.
Aziz
06 Mar 2012
they put evan bourn into dlc so they might put christian in dlc and they might not even make a next svr they got LOW they might cnghae over to that
The answer is C. Spell checkers are only as good as the database that controls them. If you run across a word that isnt in that database it will be listed as being wrong, even if it is 100% correct.