spell check

The other day I had an interesting discussion with a co-worker about spell check. We were trying to determine if spell check has made spelling worse or better for people. For myself I'm a horrible speller, but I do know words. So in fact the spell check has helped me spell words I may not know how to spell but know the meaning and use of. If I was writing it out by hand, I may find a simple word to use instead of something a bit more worthy. I rarely if ever use the grammar check at all. It is always a bit too strict and makes some sentences sound less like English and too proper for common usage. Now if only more people used spell check. And if only spell check be made available in more places (IM, text messaging, in email when you forget spell check is off, etc.) Thank goodness that Firefox has it, been very helpful, and sometimes not.