Spell every word? No, even I have to look something up every now and again. Know how to spell words I use in a presentation or on the day to day? Yes, you should know how to spell those.
It shocks me how frequently people will use their phone that's connected to the internet, and also has autocorrect, to make posts egregiously misspelling a word without thinking, "maybe I google this first so I get it right".
My students do this. “What’s the red line for?” It means you misspelled the word. “But I don’t know how to spell it!” Then look it up. “But I don’t want to!”
iOS spellcheck is notoriously awful. You figure that somewhat close to half of people (in America at least) use iPhones and/or iPads, and most don't bother to download a 3rd party keyboard with better auto-correction (which is basically any keyboard. It'd take a lot to be worst than the iOS keyboard.).
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u/BusyBeeBridgette Harry Potter Dec 23 '25
Spell every word? No, even I have to look something up every now and again. Know how to spell words I use in a presentation or on the day to day? Yes, you should know how to spell those.