English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

[Jdsk]

Indeed.

Fortunately many of the posts in this thread are now about the English language itself, rather than some perceived misuse by someone else, many of which turn out to only differ in some way from what the poster was once told was CORRECT.

Jonathan

[marquis26]

My Windows spellchecker doesn’t recognise the word “effected” and always wants me to replace it with “affected”…

[Jdsk]

It works as it should in Word for Mac 16.78.3, UK English.

What are you using?

Jonathan

[marquis26]

Office 365, whatever the current version is…

[Cowsham]

My American Smart Keyboard Pro recognise both

( 10 key pad for phone -- has a very good predictive text -- much faster and easier than using the silly full keyboards you'll see on most smart phones. )

[DaveReading]

My Windows spellchecker doesn’t recognise the word “effected” and always wants me to replace it with “affected”…

Silly question, but is it capable of recognising the context in which the word has been used?

"Effected" has a much more limited usage than "Affected".

[Mike Sales]

I see many adverts for products which promise 'freshness', which is conveniently undefined. Whatever freshness is I am sure it is not produced by a petro-chemical concoction in a plastic bottle.

[Bmblbzzz]

I see many adverts for products which promise 'freshness', which is conveniently undefined. Whatever freshness is I am sure it is not produced by a petro-chemical concoction in a plastic bottle.

What they call "air freshener" I experience as "air disguiser".