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Why does Yahoo! Answers spell-checker choke on long answers? I would think that more detail is generally good?
It hangs on long answers. The little circle thing will circle forever until you hit cancel. Does anybody have a work-around for this?
Haven't tested how long "long" is but it seems to happen regularly at a certain size - it may have just worked OK a couple of sentences ago.
No I have DSL.
Don't have MS-WORD (I use Workperfect)
but there are several spell-checkers I could use I could use.
Yes, it's a very bad spell-checker.
DSL is not even in there.
I imagine "google" not in there either... Although the verb - as in "I need to google that." has been officially added to many - if not most - of the dictionaries.
And, although it highlights words it doesn't like, there's no spell-check when you're adding details to a questions either!
3 Answers
- gimpalomgLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Copy that:
It happens to me sometimes. I just cut the answer to the clipboard and paste it into MS Word. In Word I can finish the answer, check spelling, get some grammar help and see the whole answer at one time. Then another cut and paste back to answers and all is complete. I am practiced at it so it isn't even a pain anymore. You might want to give it a try; after two or three times it is almost automatic.
Good luck
- JaneLv 51 decade ago
Thanks for the heads up, Jon. This is actually a known issue, though, and we're working to get a fix in.
Jane F.
Community Manager
- 1 decade ago
I have the same problem and it really tics me off. You would think that they could fix it.
