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gwenhyver42 Author

Level 1

25 points

Spell check in Mojave

This is more of a pet peeve, because I am a writer, but the spellcheck in Mojave is terrible. I have the word "seek" in a sentence, and the spell check flags it as if it's the word "eek." It has also flagged "than" where "then" would not be appropriate. This never happened before I updated to Mojave. I don't like computers scolding me for word choice (which shouldn't even be included in spellcheck - that's a grammar issue), but I do like to be able to check my spelling without these glitches. I can't think of any fixes, other than telling it to learn spellings of words that do not exist... which would defeat the purpose of spellcheck.

Using a MacBook Air, 1.8 GHz, 8GB Memory, 121GB storage...

MACBOOK AIR (13-INCH, 2017), macOS Mojave (10.14)

Posted on Oct 7, 2018 3:25 PM

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JSmith_MD

Level 1

18 points

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 8:58 AM

I'm seeing the same thing, as are other people. Spell check is flagging words like "there," suggesting maybe it should be "their" or "they're" when in fact "there" is correct, or flagging "were" and suggesting "we're" instead when "were" is correct. Spell check also flags words like "by" and "off" and a host of other strange things. Driving me nuts, it's so distracting. I'm going to have to turn check spelling as you type off.

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pixycz

Level 1

11 points

Mar 1, 2019 7:02 PM in response to Martypip

Now imagine you're used to write in three four languages at the same time. Literally ALL my notes are half-red, underlined by this stupid spell checker I'm not able to disable. :( I really don't understand why am I forced to use a feature I don't need, why am I not allowed to simply turn it off.

goran294

Level 1

4 points

Oct 7, 2018 10:49 PM in response to gwenhyver42

Every freaking time Mac updates something, Pages breaks down. I'm having the same issue. Don't make me go back to Word, please. Advise us!

Jan 9, 2019 9:13 AM in response to pixycz

I think you'll need to do it on an app by app basis. "Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Check Spelling While Typing"

Spell check in Mojave