Ahh! How did Spell Check Miss That?! Video
If you’re a writer or if you simply have to prepare an assignment for school, we at r3ciprocity.com understand the hustle of finding a good tool to proofread your work. In this situation, most of us count of MS Office (Which is a GREAT product by the way) or Grammarly (Another goody!), because they are practical, fast, and easy to use. These software use rule-based algorithms to catch grammar and spelling errors. And, we encourage you to use them before you submit your documents to www.r3ciprocity.com.
But, have you thought about the errors that would be missed with such computer algorithms? Actually, catching all errors with rule-based algorithms is extremely hard to do. The most smartest computer researchers and biggest computers have difficulty with this problem. Why? Language is a living thing. It spontaneously changes to reflect societal norms and personal preferences. For instance, when Homer J. Simpson first started saying “Doh” some twenty years ago, it took several years for algorithms to catch up to this new vernacular.
How do you remedy this problem? Always have your paper proofread by a real person. Why do we say these kinds of things? To show you why, here are the most common errors that spelling and grammar computer algorithms miss.
Less/Fewer
Even if it doesn’t seem so, this is a typical error that most of us make and computer algorithms can’t resolve. We should use less for uncountable items and fewer for countable ones. For example, you can say that there is less noise in the room according to the fact that there are fewer audio speakers. See the difference? You can count the audio speakers, but you can’t count the noise.
Spelling checks can’t recognize some proper names
If you are in a hurry and forget to spell a proper name with a capital letter, you can't rely on computer algorithms. If we exclude the fact that spelling software use capital letters for names such as English or London, names such as Mary or John (which are very common ones) aren't included in this category, unless you decide to add them manually.
Two/too/to
Even if you misspell these words because you are starry-eyed or simply from lack of attention, the fact is that computer algorithms can't read your mind and, therefore, can't correct the mistake. The only solution that you can adopt to avoid is to check your work several times with attention, or have someone else review your work.
Homonyms such as their and there are also affected by spelling errors
Another important thing that you should take into consideration is that you should be very attentive to the way that you use homonyms. Our advice is to think twice at the context of your phrase so that you won't miss any detail and you won't make a messy mix of ideas.
Who’s and Whose
This issue is frequently encountered in spelling checkers, mainly because people have a wrong conception about the fact that every possessive needs an apostrophe. This isn’t correct at all and the explanation is really simple. The fact is that who’s is the contraction of who is and whose is the possessive of who. Example: Who’s going to walk Jenny home? And whose keys are on the bar?
Its/It’s
Here we have to deal with the same situation as in the case of who’s and whose. Therefore, it’s is the contraction of it is and its is the possessive of it. When using grammar checking software, you should think of an example that could integrate the two homonyms and compare them. Thus, `It’s his fault that Jenny is crying ` it’s not the same with `I’m proud of its results`.
Spell check may flag words as errors which are indeed correct.
This does happen! Like in the previous examples, you should make some research before selecting the option `ignore once`. These situations happen, indeed, but you have to be really attentive and know exactly what you want to express through words.
In conclusion, mistakes happen, even if we are talking about software algorithms or even in our own mind. There is no solution to stop them. All that we can do is correct them being attentive In fact, the spell check should be the first step in finishing a good assignment, and then use peer review systems like www.r3ciprocity.com.
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