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Do you know how spell check works?
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It compares each word with a list of words "dictionary". It makes suggestions based on similar strings of letters. It is possible to add and remove words from most spell checker dictionaries.

It's for some of the people who post questions that are badly misspelled, I was making a joke in hopes of provoking some attention to this area.:)

1 Replies to misterpetals's answer

Most typos are due to poor typing skills; the right letters are in the wrong place. :P