Evolution : problems with the spell checker

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:45:53 +0200
Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 13:21 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:58:06 +0200
> > Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> > 
> > > I tried the following silly two examples, and it doesn't detect
> > > any error !!
> > > 
> > > "I am Français. Je suis French."
> > > 
> > > Looks like as long as a word is in one of the dictionaries, the
> > > spell checker is happy ! Not very useful :-/
> > 
> > It's only a spell checker, after all.  I'd expect /it/ to expect
> > /you/ to know in which language you are writing.
> 
> 
> That's hardly helpful is it. Following your logic, one wouldn't need a
> spell checker at all, since you know the language you are writing in,
> you are not supposed to make mistake in the first place.
> 
I think there is a big difference between misspelling a word in whatever
language and mis-using a language when you meant to use another.
Of course, I am sadly monolingual so I really wouldn't know.  Do you
really mix the two inadvertently?


Cybe R. Wizard
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