| Almost all word processing programs come equipped with a tool for checking both spelling and grammar. However, writers should be wary of the dangers of relying too heavily on these tools. For example: Spell check will not fined words witch are miss used butt spelled rite! An ordinary spell checker will find few or no errors in the above sentence. This is because spell checkers can only detect if words are spelled correctly, not if they are used correctly. That being said, a spell checker is a handy tool, and therefore should not be completely abandoned. However, writers should be cautioned from relying on it to catch every error. |
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