Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Spellchecker blues

Spellcheckers are not infallible

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Terry Freedman
May 25, 2023
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Some years ago I wrote about the limitations of the spellchecking facility in word processors, and how you can get around its limitations. Things have improved vastly since then, with AI built in to make better suggestions. I thought it might be interesting to review what I wrote back then and see if it still holds true. To test the spellchecker in Google Docs, I wrote the following:

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