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Please add the correct spelling of gaol to your dictionary
Just a quick note: there is no english word "jail" it is spelled "gaol" yet
the office dictionary only accepts the incorrect spelling and marks the correct spelling as incorrect. I have personally clicked "add to dictionary" but i think it is important that the correct spelling is put into the dictionary for all to use. I know i sound pedantic in saying that but i think it is important that a reputable application such as yours have the correct spelling for such commonly used words. Thanks guys, ps i love Office11! Quintin (office 11 technical beta tester) |
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It's in the dictionary (at least in my version). It's in the English (UK)
dictionary, just not the English (US) dictionary. If you need UK standards, be sure to tag your text properly. You need to set up Word to use UK English. I would not consider gaol wrong in US English, but I would support Word flagging it as 90% of the time it's likely to be a typo for goal. Jail, however, is also correct in US English. On 4/8/05 12:33 AM, "Quintin" wrote: Just a quick note: there is no english word "jail" it is spelled "gaol" yet the office dictionary only accepts the incorrect spelling and marks the correct spelling as incorrect. I have personally clicked "add to dictionary" but i think it is important that the correct spelling is put into the dictionary for all to use. I know i sound pedantic in saying that but i think it is important that a reputable application such as yours have the correct spelling for such commonly used words. Thanks guys, ps i love Office11! Quintin (office 11 technical beta tester) -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Quintin wrote:
Just a quick note: there is no english word "jail" it is spelled "gaol" yet the office dictionary only accepts the incorrect spelling and marks the correct spelling as incorrect. I have personally clicked "add to dictionary" but i think it is important that the correct spelling is put into the dictionary for all to use. I know i sound pedantic in saying that but i think it is important that a reputable application such as yours have the correct spelling for such commonly used words. Thanks guys, ps i love Office11! Quintin (office 11 technical beta tester) Hi Quentin, Can you provide any evidence for your assertion that "jail" is not a valid English word? I find that www.dictionary.com quotes definitions for it in four different dictionaries. Two of them define "gaol" as a variant of "jail", not the other way around (although they clearly have an American bias). I agree that "gaol" should be in the main dictionary, but I wouldn't go so far as to declare it "the correct spelling". BTW, when you post here you are not addressing Microsoft. We're all end-users here. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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