What Spell-Check Misses Spell-check is a handy device for many editing needs, but it doesn’t know that you meant who’s when you wrote whose or that you wanted compliment but wrote complement. I’ve divided spelling into four main categories: • Spelling slip-ups: misused words and phrases --see how spell-check misses homonym errors like “it’s” and “its” or “affect” and “effect,” and view the most commonly misused words and phrases like “anxious” vs. “eager” or “different than” vs. “different from.” • Spelling slip-ups: plurals, possessives, and apostrophes --see samples of when to use "Jones's" vs. "Joneses" vs. "Joneses'". • Hyphenation and compound words--find out what spell-check misses when it comes to compounds and modifiers, like “any more” vs. “anymore” and “well known” vs. “well-known (to come). • Capitalization and titles--learn when it’s proper to use “Chairman Smith” and when “Smith, the chairman” will do, or which words in a title really do get capitalized (to come). Just click on the link that suits your needs, and if you don’t find the answer to your question here, please feel free to Contact Me for free advice. Spelling Slip-ups: Misused Words and Phrases Spelling Slip-Ups: Plurals, Possessives, and Apostrophes More to come under Compound Words and Hyphenation--One Word, Two Words, Capitalization and Titles--To Cap or Not to Cap |