Mac Capitalizing The Word "Kindly"

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Mac Capitalizing The Word "Kindly"

Looks like this question has been asked before, but still no answer:

Whenever I type "Kindly" -- like I did just now-- it automatically gets capitalized. If I go back and correct it to "kindly" it remains lower case. This happens across all apps.

I have checked in all of the auto correct or text replacement I can find, and I can assure you that there are no options specifically pertaining to the word Kindly.

Again: I looked in system preferences, and although I do have a few autocorrect options, "Kindly" is not one of them.

Finally, if I highlight the word, there is no "unlearn" option. The problem seems to be at a deeper level. Please help!

Posted on Mar 25, 2022 11:09 AM

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Answer 1

Jon H. Author

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Mar 28, 2022 9:12 AM in response to BDAqua

Hi DBAgua,

No, the word did not mistakenly get added, as this word is already in the dictionary. It is an English word. Thus it also cannot be removed: right-clicking on the words "Kindly" and "kindly" do not bring up any option to remove it from any dictionary.

Any other ideas?

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Answer 2

Jon H. Author

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Apr 1, 2022 11:45 AM in response to BDAqua

What I was getting at is that the word "Kindly" would not be accidentally added, as this word is already in the dictionary. It is obviously not a "special" word, so the OS's dictionary already has it in it's lexicon.

I suppose the question to be answered is how does one access the actual dictionary in the OS?

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Answer 3

BDAqua

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Apr 1, 2022 1:52 PM in response to Jon H.

Ah, I see... it's been a decade or more since I fiddled with that & besides not remembering the particulars, I'm not sure it hasn't completely changed since then.

First I'm trying to figure out why I don't get the here kindly.

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