Spell checker

Forget the image of the lone developer, sitting alone in a room coding on a Matrix-like black and green screen. No matter the code produced, developers need to be not only good oral communicators, they must also be able to write well. But we all struggle to use the language correctly and in a business where teams have developers with different native languages (my first language is Portuguese) we all need some help. In this post, I 'll provide an overview of some techniques and tools that…

I want to preface my discussion with firstly expressing gratitude for being one of several news outlets that strive to keep the audience informed during the presidential race. This year has been without a doubt an exciting one for both news consumers and journalists alike. Never before have we witnessed what is arguably one of the most influential positions in the world be challenged by two individuals that are not particularly liked by many people. New York Times has not only been one of my…

First Website: www.factcheck.org This is personally one of my most frequented websites because of the last election period. Factcheck.org is one of the oldest fact checking websites on the Internet today. Since starting in 2003, the website has made it a part of their mission statement to “increase public knowledge and understanding” so that viral and false rumors don’t run rampant in our society. Because of their goal to boost awareness, the website has always been very transparent about where…

against one another and identify the relationships to one another, or ratios, that are essential to the rhetorical motives. Finally, I will distinguish the dominant element that will provide insight on the central and most influential intention of the Checkers speech Act Act is the first step of the Pentad that Burke developed. The act is what happened and why is it becoming a conflict. It is the main reason why there is a conflict in the first place. In application of the first level of the…

no available computer word processors in my house type writer were available, but since my dad was the only person making the money I did not have a typewriter. Papers and other projects were hand-written the only spell checker available was my mother. She was my personal spell checker I remember us having encyclopedias, dictionaries and the public library to help with writing and to obtain information specially with history. She would help look for information and then I start the writing…

That although it might have presented new challenges since it’s debut, like being reliant to spell-checkers, calculators and GPS. It has also without a doubt also solved some challenges in the past, like spelling, quantum physics calculations, and helping mom with getting to her destiny accurately. But we can all agree, regardless of which position…

Texthelp is a company whose goal is to help boost confidence for anyone who needs help with reading or writing, whether it be for school or work. Texthelp has designed multiple different platforms to help the various populations of people and their learning needs, making the web, documents and other files on your computer more accessible at any time or place. One program from Texthelp is Read&Write Gold, which helps assist users with reading, writing, studying, conducting research, and staying…

Likewise, when an individual is dependent on a spell checker, it will weaken their ability to spell. Many, even after graduating from high school or college, do not practice writing formally, or sometimes the job that they take up does not require them to write formally. Texting, on the other hand, is widely practiced among…

autocorrect, which renders students lazy and inhibits learning the proper spelling. Many High School students have become dependent on not just autocorrect, but many other spell-checkers. This leads to students misspelling words on assignments. There is, however, a simple solution to the problem of autocorrect and other spell-checker, and that is to simply disable the feature on your phone or writing…

This may seem to alleviate key learning difficulties of dyslexia, yet, spellcheckers may help in as little as 40% of misspellings; the worse someone’s spelling is, the more problematic it is to use a spell checker (MacArthur et al., 1996). Furthermore, whilst handwriting might seem like a trivial issue amongst others, there is a growing field of research supporting the notion that handwriting is a vital skill—not just for the observable purposes, but because…