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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
spell
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A spell checker , word count feature and thesaurus are all included and the program can handle headers and footers.
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Some of these packages include excellent typographic extras, like a spell checker or thesaurus.
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However, a dictionary pack for PageMaker is available which contains PageMaker spell checker modules for 20 different languages.
spelling
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You can also use the spelling checker to identify and correct deliberate spelling mistakes made to speed text entry.
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If you wanted to spell check it, you had to buy a spelling checker .
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The spelling checker highlights words which are not found in the dictionary.
■ VERB
play
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Sam doesn't play checkers with the old boys on the porch.
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One of the most popular sites is the game room, where visitors can play chess, checkers and backgammon with others.
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I played imaginary checkers on the linoleum grid of the barbershop floor.
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Another had played checkers with a little girl named Hattie Wise, and persuaded her older brother to join the order.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A spell checker , word count feature and thesaurus are all included and the program can handle headers and footers.
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He moved her around like a checker .
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I played imaginary checkers on the linoleum grid of the barbershop floor.
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One of the most popular sites is the game room, where visitors can play chess, checkers and backgammon with others.
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Sam doesn't play checkers with the old boys on the porch.
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Spelling checkers can be used to correct miss-spelt words and typing mistakes.
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The checkers at the airport were poker-faced but affable.
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You wonder about other things: a football game, a dance, that cute new checker at the market.