Spell check?

[PotterWatch]

After spending some looking at craigslist and ebay for things like hatching eggs, dog kennels, and chicken coops; I have come to the conclusion that people are incredibly lazy. How difficult is it to spell-check your ad? If I am buying eggs from someone and they can't even spell the name of the breed correctly, I don't have much faith that the birds will be of the quality I am looking for. On craigslist, I will still consider buying something from a person who doesn't even bother to correct their spelling; but on ebay, I figure that the laziness they show in typing their ad might also apply to how carefully they package an item and how timely they are at shipping. Is spell-check that difficult to use?

*I'm not talking about posts on message boards or casual online conversations, but ads people place where they are hoping to sell a product. To me, it seems that if you want to sell something, you should be as professional as possible and that means making sure your ad has correct spelling!

 

[Illia]

I actually don't understand it because naturally any misspelled words of mine are already underlined in red when I'm typing. . .

 

[Desert Rooster]

Sometimes misspellings might be a good thing, ive won auctions on ebay and saved up to 80% off of expensive tools because of people misspelling item descriptions and me being the only bidder.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

I agree. I use Google Chrome for that exact reason.

Also, if I am looking for something brand specific on eBay with a hard to spell name, I spell it as many ways as I can think of to find what other people miss.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Proof reading is a lost art. When I got my promotion at work my letter said the job started 12th September 200!!!!!!!!!!! I told the plant manager and he said I should go for the back pay.

 

[turney31]

Maybe the person is computer illiterate like me. Not a lazy bone in my body. Just don't know how to use it.

 

[PotterWatch]

But if you are trying to make money, don't you think it makes sense to learn how to use it?

 

[turney31]

Not that big a sin, to me. I guess I would if I were to use the computer for a job. But I just overlook or quietly laugh at mistakes. Mine or others. But I would NEVER make another person feel bad about it, because we don't know their circumstances. Not saying you did, just saying.....

 

[Winggedheart]

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That's a spell-check warning you about your writing.
I use Firefox, and if it doesn't come with spell-check, then you can download it from Mozilla for free, along with ad-block, which is nice, btw.

 

[redhen]

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How do you use it then?
When i use microsoft word and am typing a document/letter..its comes on automatically... that i understand.
But..if i'm not in microsoft office..i dont have spell check...
Soo.. how do i spell check my posts or other things ..like postings on ebay?
I'm sure theres a way.. i just havent figured it out yet..