Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
I still can't get over the fact auto-correct knows figuratively NO terminology it took to produce most manufactured items; yet prepared to filter non-PC comments, blithely ignore common speech about inconsequential nonsense, and houses a vocabulary few persons relate to.
Once I get Word and browser up to snuff, it's time for a new PC. Have to figure method of transfer MY vocabulary of dictionary additions.
At least a spell-checker has some utility. It can find typos and misspellings that produce non-words. Of course it can't identify misuse of homophones* which seem to make up a large portion of the writing mistakes I see these days. What's needed is a homophone "watcher" that reminds you every time you use one of the words in its list that you should ensure you're spelling it correctly.

As to manufacturing terminology, I find it comical that the spell checker here flags "collet" as a misspelled word. The checkers on several other metalworking sites I frequent do the same thing.

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* For a long time, I've been assembling a compendium of the spelling and grammar mistakes frequently seen on the sites I visit. It contains a long list of the common homophone confusions. It's not something to put up here (for several reasons), but, if anyone wants a copy, email me and I'll send one along.