# So when you hit the spell check and it says "No errors found".... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482 "2009-09-09T21:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/1 "2009-09-09T21:51:21Z")
Do you secretly think to yourself “Holy crap! I can’t believe it!” Or do you think: “Yep, I’m a good spellr alrite.” Me, I’m a “Holy crap! I can’t believe it!” kind of guy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/2 "2009-09-09T21:52:56Z")
Neither. While I _am_ an exceelent speeler, I’m convinced a made a stupid typo that spelled a different word than what I intended. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/3 "2009-09-09T21:53:04Z")
C) It is SO a word. Sentence fragments are okay too. As a matter of fact, “sentence fragment” is a sentence fragment! ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/4 "2009-09-09T22:05:01Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > Do you secretly think to yourself “Holy crap! I can’t believe it!” Yeah, pretty much what I say, or just “Wow!” i make a lot more typos than spelling errors, as I type very fast and rather than stop and fix something, I just say, “What the hell, the spell checker will fix that later.” Greatest invention since sliced bread (and I make my own bread, so have to slice it anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/5 "2009-09-09T22:42:20Z")
This thread reminds me of a “Dilbert” cartoon. An employee is talking to Dilbert’s Boss Employee) And for your information my name is MYRON not MORON, please be more careful in the future when you use spellcheck. Dilbert’s Boss) I have spellcheck? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/6 "2009-09-09T22:51:02Z")
I don’t use spellchecker because I don’t make spelling errors. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/7 "2009-09-09T23:01:07Z")
Generally, what I do is press the button a few more times; if that doesn’t work, I copy and paste the entire text on a fresh file and check again. If I still don’t get any results, I proofread the text very, very carefully until I find all the typos and spelling mistakes. It’s a pain in the neck, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/8 "2009-09-09T23:21:07Z")
People use spellcheck? It underlines the objectionable words in red! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/9 "2009-09-10T00:36:29Z")
I proof it again to make sure I haven’t typed “diary” for “dairy.” ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/10 "2009-09-10T00:42:04Z")
The last time I did it my only reaction was, “Whew! Now I can send this and go to bed.” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/11 "2009-09-11T01:53:32Z")
I don’t hit the spell checker function. It checks as it goes. But I kin spel gud neways. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/12 "2009-09-11T02:48:26Z")
I think I mentioned it in another thread some time back, but I don’t need a spellchecker. I have an error correcting modem… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/13 "2009-09-11T03:29:56Z")
I haven’t hit the spell check button in … maybe 13 years. All you need to do is look for the red squiggles. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/14 "2009-09-11T13:25:20Z")
I think I added in a number and the spell check ignored some words because of that. Li2ke t7his. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/15 "2009-09-11T22:46:26Z")
I think “oh, hell, I accidentally marked the English language sections as ‘do not check’.” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/16 "2009-09-12T02:39:24Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > I proof it again to make sure I haven’t typed “diary” for “dairy.” I proof it to make sure “public sector” isn’t “pubic sector”. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/17 "2009-09-12T07:48:57Z")
Considering that I’ve always been a good speller, that I’ve been working in the language field for nine years, and that I just won $30 in a spelling bee (no, not joking), I accept it as business as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/18 "2009-09-12T14:23:49Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > I proof it again to make sure I haven’t typed “diary” for “dairy.” Exactly - my thought is “Hmm, so all my typos created valid homophones. What a pain in the arse.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/19 "2009-09-12T14:58:08Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I think I added in a number and the spell check ignored some words because of that. Li2ke t7his. You can get it to spot those, you know. In Word 2003, open your spellchecker, go to “Options” and uncheck “Ignore words with numbers”. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482/20 "2009-09-12T15:10:14Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > _Last edited by matt\_mcl; Today at 02:49 AM._ \*Please \*say it was to correct spelling. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-you-hit-the-spell-check-and-it-says-no-errors-found/509482.md?page=2)