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Computer Language Settings and Canadian Spellings
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Shuttleworth, Roger – TESL Canada Journal, 2011
The language settings used on personal computers interact with the spell-checker in Microsoft Word, which directly affects the flagging of spellings that are deemed incorrect. This study examined the language settings of personal computers owned by a group of Canadian university students. Of 21 computers examined, only eight had their Windows…
Descriptors: Computers, Foreign Countries, North American English, Spelling