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For example, if you use the wrong “there” a basic spelling check will show that the word is correct. It won’t use context checking to ensure it’s the actual correct word usage.
It’s never been easier to ensure that every piece of writing you produce reads like it is professionally written.
- Each word is compared to a word in a given dictionary. A misspelled word is identified easily as long as the dictionary is large enough to contain the word. This is the simplest method and most spell checkers work like this.
- Some spellcheckers also detect common grammatical errors through predefined rules. In this kind of approach, a spell checker service will detect the wrong use of the indefinite article, like using “an” instead of “a” before a word beginning with a vowel sound. Another example is to find homophones, words that sound more or less the same but have been used in the wrong manner. An example is ‘write’ and ‘right’. Especially people with dyslexia know about this problem. For this to work, the spellchecker needs to look at several words at the same time to get the context instead of just looking for one word after another.
- The third approach is to create rules based on statistical information. This approach needs a lot of precomputed data from a large text corpus (yes, Wikipedia is too small for that). The collected data is too big to integrate them on a client computer, so this approach is normally not offered by most spell checkers. Usually, a rule-based spellchecker has a solid base of grammatical rules, but as you may know, there is always an exception of an exception of a rule. A statistical grammar checker may find errors that a rule-based spellchecker does not.
No one is perfect and we do not claim to find every error in your text. That is just not possible with a machine-only check. If others claim they can do this automatically, it is just not correct. The last resort is always a human (and even this person may fail from time to time). Nevertheless, our online spellchecker will help you find the most errors and will also make suggestions for grammatical improvements.
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Scribens employs a sophisticated syntaxical recognition algorithm that detects even the most subtle errors in a text. In offering you an advanced correction software, Scribens allows you to significantly improve the quality of your writing.
The dictionaries used by this site have been hand curated for use in educational, professional and many informal settings. For example, our dictionary has eliminated most improper and “naughty” words using our naughty word filter. This prevents inappropriate words from appearing as a suggestion if you have a close misspelling or if a name is similar to a naughty word. Note: the checker will ignore properly spelled naughty words but won’t suggest them.
- British suffix “re” – American suffix “er”
- British suffix “nce” – American suffix “nse”
- British suffix “ise” – American suffix “ize”
- British suffix “our” – American suffix “or”
Another common spelling difference between American and British English is the “double L”. In British English words such as “travelling”, “quarrelling”, etc. in American English tend to remove the “double L”.
Checking grammar has never been easier. Once installed on your computer, the Ginger Grammar Checker is only one click away, wherever and whenever you need it. Correct whole sentences with a single click using your current internet browser and writing, presentation-making and email programs.
Using its contextual grammar checker, Ginger recognizes the misused words in any sentence and replaces them with the correct ones. I was wandering if there’s any news. → I was wondering if there’s any news.
References:
http://www.online-spellcheck.com/
http://www.scribens.com/mobile.html
http://www.jspell.com/checker
http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/how-does-indias-caste-system-work