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When using Microsoft Word, one can, if a word is flagged as misspelt, choose to add it to an internal dictionary of words that have been misdiagnosed as wrong.
However, if one proceeds to use another form of this word, either in plural, genitive or something else, more often than not this is also
flagged as incorrect, necessitating one to add the variant to the dictionary as well.
I propose that, when a word is added, the computer also adds other likely forms of that word. If this proves too faulty, the selection of adding to the dictionary could be enhanced, with different options for "Add noun to dictionary", "Add verb to dictionary" etc..
It need not work flawlessly, but I dare say that not being told off every time I used a new form of whatever word I am using would be very convenient nevertheless.
"Stemming"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemming
I don't think this is used in Word, but various search engines utilise algorithms that operate a bit like this. [zen_tom, Feb 03 2008]
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Would it mistakenly let you use "gruntled", "underwhelmed", "chalant", "consolate", "wieldy", "descript", "kempt", "shevelled", "maculate", "flappable", "plussed", "cognito", "communicado", "ruly", "ruthful", "pareil", "concerting", "domitable", "corrigible", "committal", "capacitated", "sipid", "petuous", "promptu"... The list goes on. |
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"couth"
(though the Scottish-born Mrs AWOL tell me that so-and-so may be un-pejoratively described as "couthy") |
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I'd rather have to "add to dictionary" than risk a misspelling.(-) I have a hard enough time with words that I accidentally approved that I need removed. |
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I'm with MisterQED. I suspect the
alumnuss of major universitys will be with
me on this one. Some of these problems
could be circumvented, but only if the
software knowed a lot about the whies and
wherefores of English. |
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Which does not seem to be much of a priority for Microsoft now, let alone making their embedded dictionary complicated enough to understand concatenations. |
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I think that's called the OED, [boysparks]. |
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I find that selecting English (UK) or English (Aus) still gives me Americanis(z)ed auto-corrections of words I know to be spelled a certain way in the common usage of those countries. It's possibly the single most annoying "feature" of MS Office. |
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I leave spellchecker turned off. It helps with my blood pressure control. |
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I think there have been a number of attempts to create neural networks that scan through a set of training documents and determine, through contextual positioning and some amount of stem-awareness, a stochastic view of how well constructed English is formed. |
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