"This is why I hate Microsoft Word."
She stated it crisply and with the brick efficiency of grammar instructors everywhere. Her face was pinched as if some annoying insect had landed on her arm. The professor was commenting on the trend she had noted of her freshman University students not being able to spell very well. Spellcheck removed the need to go back and check words writers are unsure of and left their brains floppier than they otherwise might be.
Whether it is the fault of automated spellchecking or not this author has noted that certain words are difficult to spell and the automated services don't seem to help too much. Therefore I am making a list of words that I use frequently and have trouble spelling.
So far it is thus.
- Familiar
- Especially
- Knowledge
- Refrigerator
- Definitely
- Technology
- Millennium
- Acknowledgement
For some reason spellcheck just doesn’t like these words.
Are there any words that give you and your computer trouble?
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