# Use Spellcheck and PROOFREAD, D@mn It!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-spellcheck-and-proofread-d-mn-it/167374>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 8, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-spellcheck-and-proofread-d-mn-it/167374 "2003-04-08T19:43:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-spellcheck-and-proofread-d-mn-it/167374/61 "2003-04-09T16:16:52Z")

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Ever read the NYT article about how sloppy email correspondence is correlated with high status?

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**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-spellcheck-and-proofread-d-mn-it/167374/62 "2003-04-09T19:58:16Z")

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> While I am no happier with the OP than anyone else seems to be there is another option available for those who use Internet Explorer other than using Word or note pad. I give you ieSpell

Ah ha! This whole thing is a plot to sell Microsoft browsers.

Kid - yes, indeedy. Also, very serious high-minded writer folks like to send (and this pre-dates text messaging) marginally literate, unpunctuated, all lower-case emails.

For myself, I’d just as soon posters use their valuable time reading the OP in a thread, thinking about it, thinking about what they, themselves might be able to contribute, and doing some more thinking

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-spellcheck-and-proofread-d-mn-it/167374/63 "2003-04-10T23:09:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by \*\*Zabali\_Clawbane \*\*\*  
> I quit using it, and feel that my writing has less mistakes now.

Fewer mistakes. Less milk.

Ha!

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