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(DIR) Post #AVlNt1ooRHM5gWWOhs by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-18T00:56:54Z
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Which styling do you prefer for the verb?Example: "Don't forget to ___________ your work."
(DIR) Post #AVlO5D7MFrnWCg0Mvw by davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social
2023-05-18T00:59:07Z
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@grammargirl A wizard should always spellcheck their work.
(DIR) Post #AVlODC4zzx1zIhhyTo by colorblindcowboy@mastodon.art
2023-05-18T01:00:32Z
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@grammargirl I tend to look at it like login (noun) vs log in (verb) vs log-in (adjective).
(DIR) Post #AVlQ6WglAxJt6FJqDo by marinaepelman@mastodon.social
2023-05-18T01:21:45Z
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@grammargirl Also, vibe check your work
(DIR) Post #AVlQKMRs2rDbOWx48O by 4mul8or@sciencemastodon.com
2023-05-18T01:24:14Z
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@grammargirl spellcheck is not a playable word in scrabble
(DIR) Post #AVlQROsXPNc4xUmWES by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-18T01:25:31Z
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@djwfyi @colorblindcowboy Fascinating! I guess Microsoft can get away with saying not to use it as a verb at all in the style guide because it's for their own documents (I presume). But out in the world, people do use it as a verb. News writers may have to include it in direct quotations, and fiction writers may want to use it in dialogue, for example.
(DIR) Post #AVlQVS1ldv8Tso1vxw by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-18T01:26:16Z
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@4mul8or Interesting!
(DIR) Post #AVlQa6GbyY8NqFBr5U by KatEmm@mastodon.art
2023-05-18T01:27:05Z
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@grammargirl I feel a preference for "spell-check" I think mostly because I like little dashes and things...but my phantom copy editor says spellcheck is best
(DIR) Post #AVlQkVx7KeNmOr2POC by colorblindcowboy@mastodon.art
2023-05-18T01:28:58Z
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@grammargirl @djwfyi hmmm. Good point. I actually would change my vote now and go with “spellcheck” as “spell check” could present a misreading.
(DIR) Post #AVlRO14DaCDQC4C9xo by caseyjennings@sfba.social
2023-05-18T01:36:05Z
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@grammargirl" check"
(DIR) Post #AVlRPRxv3p3juIvt0C by EllenInEdmonton@mstdn.ca
2023-05-18T01:36:24Z
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@grammargirl It really irks me that all of the spelling assistants are so against compound words. I regularly get reminders to break them in 2 or hyphenate them. I rarely comply.
(DIR) Post #AVlTtI9kINpe51p0ds by LAWaldenDVM@universeodon.com
2023-05-18T02:04:12Z
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@grammargirl I voted "spell-check" because that's the way the verb form is spelled in the dictionary I use for work (Merriam-Webster for anything that's not in my medical dictionaries). But I'm with the rewriters; I think using it as a verb sounds kind of weird.
(DIR) Post #AVlVDfuRn6g9Ulwuxs by royal@theres.life
2023-05-18T02:19:04Z
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@grammargirl "proofread"
(DIR) Post #AVlXVAUvW81nC8TugS by rLok@universeodon.com
2023-05-18T02:44:39Z
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@grammargirl Merriam-Webster prefers “spellcheck”
(DIR) Post #AVlbG1U39IXUi86ZAu by analog_cafe@mas.to
2023-05-18T03:26:44Z
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@grammargirl Neither of the choices in the poll gives the context of whether a tool or a human action is implied.So if it was something for an editor to do, I'd use "Check your spelling."In the case of a tool usage case, I'd jus,t say "Make sure your spell-checker is on."
(DIR) Post #AVlbz6FqG2ukXRxBZY by ajkandy@mastodon.social
2023-05-18T03:34:51Z
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@grammargirl As a compound verb it takes a hyphen, as a compound noun it would be without a space. “Who spell-checks the spellcheckers?” makes it easier to see which is which. “Who spell checks the spell checkers” could be read as “The ‘who’ spell checks [blocks] the spell ‘checkers’.”
(DIR) Post #AVlf9EqpRzl9xUmQSG by BramMeehan@ohai.social
2023-05-18T04:10:18Z
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@grammargirl spellchuck
(DIR) Post #AVmSwaC9mJGO6DumGG by cra1g@sciences.social
2023-05-18T13:28:16Z
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@grammargirl I prefer typing "spellcheck" because it's easier, but I prefer reading "spell-check" because that's quickest for my brain to process.
(DIR) Post #AVmT91hLLfKAsDR4Pg by EthanHolmes@mastodon.social
2023-05-18T13:30:30Z
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@grammargirl Dreyer's English has some good thoughts on this. Also, Benjamin is a lovely human.
(DIR) Post #AVmTlSafoMvTHbdtMO by ccount@lor.sh
2023-05-18T13:37:28Z
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@grammargirl not sure this is helpful:
(DIR) Post #AVmUxDAD5rxErnQpVI by Artemis201@mstdn.social
2023-05-18T13:50:47Z
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@grammargirl all three, no preference?
(DIR) Post #AVmX0UB6UUMaPfXSwS by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-18T14:13:49Z
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@ccount Thanks! I did that search yesterday before posting the poll. It's not that helpful, but it is super interesting. After looking at the results for different spans of time, I think the peak was probably from lots of instruction manuals talking about the tech, and the drop off was because everyone knows and we don't need to talk about what it is as much anymore, but I'm not sure.
(DIR) Post #AVmX4acWTrDbYGJwwa by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-18T14:14:33Z
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@cra1g Interesting!
(DIR) Post #AVminXJmhhd3pxBtey by Jantar@mstdn.social
2023-05-18T16:25:53Z
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@grammargirlTricky but I went with spellcheck. The longer you look at it, the more rabbit holes you can see to get lost in but I'd say the word has by now found a place in our shared vocabulary and it can join the other composite nouns & verbs we write as one word (like proofread).
(DIR) Post #AVoKaNsiT6TIDne4um by qqmrichter@mastodon.world
2023-05-19T11:04:02Z
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@grammargirl save
(DIR) Post #AVsDrZYs6okrFXmO2q by DragonSeaClouds@neurodifferent.me
2023-05-21T08:07:32Z
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@grammargirl⭕ zorpel