why dont spell check?

[(WLL)]

why dont spell check recognize the word arborist?

 

[TreeTopKid]

why dont spell check recognize the word arborist?

GOOD POINT! Go and see if you can find it any dictionary too! Nowhere recognizes the word arborist. I hate when people ask what you do, you tell them and they go 'arborwhat?

 

[Labman]

Spell check and dictionaries are written by people with degrees in English. There is a lot of things they don't know.

 

[TreeTopKid]

Spell check and dictionaries are written by people with degrees in English. There is a lot of things they don't know.

We ought to make it a mission! It's doable! I'm going to email the Oxford English Dictionary. They've got all kinds of slang in there too.

 

[TreePointer]

I didn't search the big Oxford dictionary, but apparently the Concise Oxford English Dictionary added it in 2004:

http://www.askoxford.com/pressroom/archive/coed11new/?view=uk

Merriam-Webster also has it online:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arborist

 

[thejdman04]

I never noticed that.

 

[Lumberjacked]

really weird, I juuuust noticed that yesterday and was going to start a thread...it is odd though!:monkey:

 

[M.D. Vaden]

why dont spell check recognize the word arborist?

Because it's a spell checker - not a dictionary. At least not an unabridged dictionary.

There may be special software for people who need unabridged distionary capabilities for spell checking.

GOOD POINT! Go and see if you can find it any dictionary too! Nowhere recognizes the word arborist. I hate when people ask what you do, you tell them and they go 'arborwhat?

I grabbed my Webster's dictionary from the shelf by my desk - it's got arborist and arboriculture.

 

[capetrees]

What the he!! are you guys talking about? My websters also shows the word arborist and wikipedia lists it too. And if you can't spell arborist by now, you're in trouble. :monkey:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Answers.com
arborist

Dictionary:
arborist (är'bər-ĭst) pronunciation

Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary
n.

A specialist in the care of woody plants, especially trees.

[From Latin arbor, tree.]

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Gardener's Dictionary: arborist

Home > Library > Home & Garden > Dictionary for Gardeners

One who specializes in the care and maintenance of trees, that is, in planting and pruning and in diagnosing and treating diseases.


WordNet: arborist

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a specialist in treating damaged trees
Synonym: tree surgeon

 

[Raymond]

Looks like a good place to ask this question

How the heck do ya start a new topic here? I think I'm gonna have fun here but this site is hard to follow.

 

[turnkey4099]

How the heck do ya start a new topic here? I think I'm gonna have fun here but this site is hard to follow.

There is a "New thread" button at top left of the opening page (the one listing all the posts) for each forum.

Harry K

 

[Raymond]

Thanks

Harry K

 

[TreeTopKid]

Because it's a spell checker - not a dictionary. At least not an unabridged dictionary.

There may be special software for people who need unabridged distionary capabilities for spell checking.



I grabbed my Webster's dictionary from the shelf by my desk - it's got arborist and arboriculture.

LATE again Dammit! I just checked the edition of my Oxford Concise English Dictionary. 1982! I must stop living in the past LOL!

 

[gr8scott72]

why dont spell check recognize the word arborist?

Too bad there isn't a gramar check for ya also. (doesn't instead of don't)

:jester:

 

[Mike PA]

Add it to your spell checker. Problem solved.

 

[M.D. Vaden]

Too bad there isn't a gramar check for ya also. (doesn't instead of don't)

:jester:

Are you sure that "wouldn't" is not the right word ?

Or is it "doesn't" ?

Is one based on reason or cause, and the other on the will to do?

opcorn:

 

[pdqdl]

Are you sure that "wouldn't" is not the right word ?

Or is it "doesn't" ?

Is one based on reason or cause, and the other on the will to do?

opcorn:

You're way off. Just type them out and listen:

Why doesn't spell check recognize the word arborist?
Why wouldn't spell check recognize the word arborist?

The question originally posed was not theoretical about the validity (present tense, active voice: the negation of "Why would spell check recognize...) of "arborist" in the dictionary, it is clearly asking why it is not currently present. If you are not able to distinguish the two different purposes, it is probably because you have already added the word to your computer's dictionary, and for you it has become a theoretical question, rather than a problem to solve.

I suppose that you could also read the second choice as "past tense, passive voice" where the question intended was "Why would spell check not recognize the word arborist" If read that way, it would be a reference to a past condition, not the present condition.

To answer the original question: right mouse click on "arborist" where it is underlined. Choose "add to dictionary". Problem solved.

 

[(WLL)]

if it wasnt fer places like this i woodnt even know how to type at all. i am a climbing arborist not a wrighter. i got the skillz ta pay the billz. so stick it up yer lazy do little butt vaden. from what i gather forum others you dont even belong in this part of a/s. the joke is on you pow!! even a h/s drop-out is ok with the isa. i know fer a fact one of the former isa presidents was a drop-out. spelling has nothing to do with my work get a real job u poser wanna b!!

 

[(WLL)]

Too bad there isn't a gramar check for ya also. (doesn't instead of don't)

:jester:

yer purdy smart fer a stump grinder