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The Preferred Australian English Spelling Dictionary
Word Check - Australian Dictionary
The preferred Australian English spelling (Australian dictionary) for: Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365/Microsoft 365 on Windows; Microsoft Office 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365 on Apple macOS;
The Preferred Australian English
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The Preferred Australian English spelling (Australian dictionary) for Microsoft Office (Windows and Mac) |
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For most of my life I've found many words strangely
have two or more ways they can be spelt. As an example, the following are ten pairs of such words from thousands words I've identified.
These observations are not meant to reduce the value of the existing spelling tools and references we use, as they are very good and generally most people aren't aware
and don't know what they don't know. I've used Microsoft Word and Office for decades and it was only in 2006 that I realised the issues existing in the Australian English spellcheck dictionary.
To me this is an opportunity for us to have better spellchecking tools.
Australia's
first prescriptive spellcheck dictionary Until the mid
1900s dictionaries guided people on how to spell. They were known
as prescriptive dictionaries. Then things changed. The dictionary makers started to document how people spelt
which was a far easier option for them. Modern
dictionaries document the words we use and are known as descriptive
dictionaries. The dictionaries no longer guide us on how to spell. If you check a word
in a modern dictionary you will often see the word spelt in more than
one way. The first listed spelling is the spelling which occurs more
often in current usage. In Australia
there are thousands of words with this dual spelling, and many with three, or even
four spelling variations. The dual spelling
of words leads to confusion and inconsistent spelling in documents. I have found it
is not considered wrong in Australia to spell using the preferred spelling
of a word, but it is often considered wrong to spell
using a secondary spelling. For example it is never considered wrong to use
"colour", but "color" is considered wrong by many, if not most Australians. For decades I
was confused with the dual spelling of words. My work with the
dictionary files gave me an understanding of how the Australian English
language has evolved and I found I had the skills needed to create the first
Australian English prescriptive spellcheck dictionary which no one else had
created. The
prescriptive spellcheck dictionary (known as the Kelvin dictionary)
is what I have always wanted. No more confusion as to when to
spell using "ise" or "ize", or any of the thousands of words with multiple spellings. As I identify
and research each additional word, the Kelvin dictionary
will become an increasingly valuable resource for
all Australians. The Kelvin
version is great for: The Kelvin
dictionary provides my preferred way to spell. It
should however be kept in mind how you spell is your choice. |
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