Hello MFPA, Monday, April 16, 2007, 2:35:34 AM, among other things, you wrote:
M> I use British spelling but could not cope with TB's "British" M> dictionary as correct words kept being Americanised. I haven't found this to be a frequent problem, in fact I am not sure that Americanised is the correct term to use. In general it is good at distinguishing between British and American spelling. If you are meaning meaning that it chooses -ize instead of -ise endings, these days these endings are often considered as optional even in British dictionaries. Certainly it sometimes doesn't know some of the words that I use, but this is a problem common to all abridged versions of a dictionary, and because of the immense size of the English vocabulary most English dictionaries are of necessity abridged to some degree. *I* am quite happy to 'Add' my spelling version to the supplementary dictionary when I have a conflict with the TB dictionary. Any deficiencies will of course be more of a problem to non native English speakers who perhaps more likely to use an English dictionary to correct true spelling errors rather than mere typing errors. -- Best regards, Roger :flag-southafrica: The Bat! v3.98.12 :beta: with AntispamSniper 2.0.0.4 , on Windows XP, version 5 1, build 2600 and Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.98.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
