We Need a spell checker for this forum

[kagead 0]

A spell checker won't help in most of these situations because the words themselves ARE spelled correctly. The problem is the WRONG word is being used!

[2beskinny 4]

Hummingbird, I laughed out loud at your remark about not using it because you might spell it wrong...too funny! You made me curious though, so I looked it up myself. I was wondering what has been written about the word lately as it is used so often...

From Dictionary.com:

Usage Note

:

Irregardless

is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of

irrespective

and

regardless

and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative

ir-

prefix and

-less

suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like

debone

and

unravel,

it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

What can I say? It just bugs me

:laugh::thumbup:

I can tell you, however, I would use it in a sentence everyday if it meant that I could

loose

weight with the band

irregardless

of my efforts

!

[Katy517 1]

Yep. I am now of the belief that more folks here are planning to 'loose' more weight than they're going to lose. It makes me cringe. As does the less frequent use of 'irregardless' and the awful 'prolly' and more others than I care to mention.

A spell checker won't help in most of these situations because the words themselves ARE spelled correctly. The problem is the WRONG word is being used!

[btrieger 21]

Yep. I am now of the belief that more folks here are planning to 'loose' more weight than they're going to lose. It makes me cringe. As does the less frequent use of 'irregardless' and the awful 'prolly' and more others than I care to mention.

Katy,

Your missing another popular one. I just can't remember which it is.

[elcee 3,343]

I think you will find it is grammar not grammer!

[Katy517 1]

LOL, I'm sure that there are many others. Just the other day I read that somebody referred to a situation as a 'mute' point when I'm fairly certain they meant the point was moot. Not sure whether it was this forum or another that I visit for work though.

Katy,

Your missing another popular one. I just can't remember which it is.

[jingleboob 5]

Mute point... I love it...

or as Joey from Friends said... a MOO point. Like what a cow thinks. It doesn't matter. It's Moo..............................

[Froggie D 1]

How about "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't cre less"?

[Mamarotten 1]

Their r ltz of words which get mispelt on this cyte. however does it reely mater?It is a weight loss support site not an english grandma site!

Most of the time I know how to spell but I can't type as fast as I think which leads to errors.Sometimes I fix them sometimes I can't be bovvered! A spell check would make no difference.

And lets face it this is an American website so most of you can't spell anyway(hell now I'm deep in S...T)! LOL

The error that always annoys me most is sliming. slim + ing is something that I want to be doing, that's why i got the band. I think what most people mean is slime + ing slimeing.

Now a tool that could put text into paragraphs would be really useful. there is nothing more offputting than reading a post that is written as one long paragraph. Most of the time i get bored and give up.

You are making me laugh!

[elcee 3,343]

Good - that was the intention.