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YA: How can I set the spell check on this site?
When I type a question or answer on YA, I don't get a red line or any type of indication on mispelled words. (Like 'misspelled'.) How can I set it to check my spelling?
How can I set the spell check on my browser (Firefox)?
4 Answers
- Ð〇ᑌᙖᒪᕮ Ƭᖇ〇ᑌᙖᒪᕮLv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
Yahoo's spellchecker was pretty dire to be fair and especially for non-Americans and it would through out a lot of perfectly acceptable words in common use in other regions of the English language speaking world.
What you can do is to install an add-on for the browser you are using with a spellcheck and those are usually regional, and easier to add words to the dictionary.
I use a UK spellcheck on Firefox and so I guess it depends on if you want a US check, a UK check or another one
The UK one I use is https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/bri... Click "Add to Firefox" and reload the page you were using on Y!A and it should then show the mis-spellings (although you may need to close the browser entirely and restart for some add-ons)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/uni... seems to be the most popular US spellcheck based on ratings
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/can... - Canadian
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/au-... - Australian
If you look at the top right of any of the above pages you can see a box "Search for add-ons" and you can use that to search for any add-ons if you want another one.
- MercyLv 76 years ago
The Yahoo spell check feature is gone. Use your browser spell check feature or Google spell check
- 6 years ago
Thats wierd mine has red kines. I think you can get an app or just deal with and check it ureself