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Interface The I'm Anglophone option (found under the text box) can help suppress some of the warnings about grammatical mistakes that learners of English are more likely to make (but that are unlikely to be made by Anglophones). For example, "you likes" is usually a mistake, but it is possible in a phrase like "the person with you likes ..." – the possible error would be ignored if the "I'm Anglophone" option is checked. Have you found an error that you think SpellCheckPlus.com missed? Does it tell you there's an error to fix and you don't think it is an error? Please contact us and help us improve SpellCheckPlus.com! You can insert special symbols into the SpellCheckPlus.com advanced editor by clicking on the Insert Custom Character (Ω) button in the set of buttons above the editor on the left. If you copy the text from the advanced editor you may also get some unwanted styling, including the error boxes and font colour. To avoid this, use the Copy as Plain Text button (the first button on the left above the editor) or use the "Remove formatting" button (the yellow paintbrush) to strip formatting and then copy the text normally. You can print just your text by using the print buttons on the advanced editor (the last buttons above the text editor). You have the choice of printing the text with styling (error boxes and font colours), or without (using the Print Text button). Grammar When do I use an apostrophe followed by the letter "s"? The two main functions of 's are to indicate possession, e.g.: This is Terry's book and to represent the contracted form of is, e.g.: She's going to be late. Be careful not to use 's to indicate a plural (the girls are here) or as a verb ending (He sings well). Is it lays or lie? That depends. If there is an object after, then write lay, e.g.: I will lay the book on the table (here we have a direct object, the book); I'm going to lie down (here there is no noun functioning as a direct object after the verb, so lie is correct). What's the difference between gone and went? These are both past forms of go, however they are used in different contexts. The simple past form went is used directly after a subject, e.g.: She went there yesterday. The form gone is found after verbs have and be, e.g.: He has gone there twice. What is the difference between affect and effect? Generally, affect is a verb, e.g.: The shortage will affect us all, while effect is a noun, e.g.: This did not have the desired effect. So, if you can replace the word with influence, then affect is correct; if you can replace it with result, then use effect. What's the difference between they're, their and there. These words sound the same, but have very different meanings. The word they're stands for they are, the word their is used to indicate possession, e.g.: That is their house, while there is used just about everywhere else. |
