Why spell check can miss a correctly spelled mistake
You meant to ask a colleague for a document. You wrote: Please send me the from. Both form and from are spelled correctly. A dictionary alone cannot tell which one belongs in your email. A grammar rule may flag the sentence, but the absence of a suggestion is no guarantee that you chose the right word.
Try changing just one word
- Paste “Please send me the from.” into Istio’s spelling checker and select English.
- Read the request as the recipient. Which document should you send? Change from to form and read the full sentence again.
- Now try “Please send me the invoice.” That is perfectly good English, but it still asks for the wrong document if you need a form.
Separate spelling from intent
Look at each suggestion in its sentence before accepting it. A checker can use nearby words to spot some mistakes. It does not know which document you agreed on in a meeting, or whether the name and date match your records.
A useful last pass before sending
Read the message once for the requested action: who should do what? Then compare names, amounts and dates directly with the source. Finally, reread the corrected sentence on its own: would a colleague who missed the meeting know what to send?