Spelling Corrector.

[William51]

When i was on Yahoo Answers they used an annoying spelling corrector that underlines some words which were the correct British spelling, and AnswerBank is also doing it. Anyone else irritated by this ?.

[barry1010]

Is your spell checker set to US spellings? What browser do you use? It is nothing to do with AB

[Bobbisox1]

And it’s not News William, perhaps putting it in Technology might be better?

[Sunk]

It is a preference in your browser settings. Nothing to do with this site.

[emmie]

i don't have any corrector on this site, i have to check my spelling each post myself.

[barry1010]

If you want one you will have to turn it on in your browser settings, emmie

[emmie]

i have tried before, i have a spell checker for word, letters, e mail, but not for AB.

[ummmm]

I don't understand that, Emmie, spell checker is either on or off and works on all sites on every computer I've owned.

[emmie]

there is no spellchecker for AB solely, none that i have been able to ascertain...

[ummmm]

No....but it should work for all sites.

[emmie]

are you saying that if i put in a word that's spelled incorrectly it will unline it as incorrect, because on my laptop that doesn't happen, the spellchecker obviously is on because it corrects my spelling mistakes in letters and e mails.

[johnny.5]

spel chekker worx on myne

[emmie]

but most definitely isn't for AB.

[johnny.5]

it is emmie for me anyhow
it underlines any incorrectly spelt word
and right clicking the mouse offers "correct" alternatives
it is up to me to choose to use them or not

[emmie]

when i used Yahoo many moons ago, there used to be a spell corrector.

[emmie]

i would like an AB spellchecker, as long as its English, not American English.

[ladybirder]

Em, as has already been said by a few different people, if you set it on your computer it will apply to every site you visit.

[emmie]

it doesn't on mine. i tried again just now. I go into settings, English, spellchecker, and it doesn't work on this site.

[emmie]

it only will underline on my e mails, and letters i type, i don't know why but im sure chris said there was no specific spellchecker for AB.
i would prefer if it did have a underline facility, because my typing isn't great, so im careful on what i type on AB.

[Etch]

@emmie - if you right click in the 'Your Answer...' box is there a 'Check spelling >' item in the pop-up menu? If there is, what options does it show? Mine has 'English (United Kingdom) selected and 'Check spelling when entering text' ticked.

[woofgang]

First thing i do when i get a new piece of tech is turn off spellcheck grammar check if there is one, and predictive text. There may be separate ones for emails, texts, browser and apps like word processing as people may prefer different settings depending on what they are doing.