> I would like to add somehow a list of words to my spellcheckers (aspell, > OOo,in particular) such that the spellchecker would pause at or > underline words that may not be misspelled but are nonetheless wrong. > For example, I would like to check every instance of my use of 'were' so > I can change it to 'where' if that is what I meant to write. The same > for words like 'to' for 'too' and 'there' for 'their'. > > I am not a good typist and have fallen into bad habits -- so it would be > nice to have a facility that would allow me to add and remove 'trouble' > words to a list as my habits change. > > As anyone heard of such a program or fix or hack?? You are not talking of spell checking but grammar checking. OpenOffice itself does not have a grammar check. However, there are extensions to it that provide some functionality. One of several google hits turned up this: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000060 I am sure there are others....but you can take on that task. -- A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. -- Burt Bacharach
