Incase should be removed from spell check or changed in thesaurus

[Guest]

According to MS Word “incaseâ€, means “for fear that†or “lestâ€. If you use
the thesaurus to check “for fear that†or “lest†it gives the option of “in
caseâ€. (please note the space) According to Merriam-Webster the definition of
Incase is “in·case variant of ENCASE†“Encase pronunciation: in-'kAs, en-
Function: transitive verb: to enclose in or as if in a case†This error is
in all MS apps. Any chance this can get fixed?

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[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

I don't agree that this is an error. But you can create a custom
"exclude" dictionary containing correctly spelled words that you
want your Word/Office applications to flag as being misspelled.
See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP051892021033.aspx .

 

[Jay Freedman]

You're correct that the entry in the thesaurus is wrong. The dictionary
entry in Word (from the Encarta dictionary) correctly says "see encase".

There is zero chance of the thesaurus being updated for any version of Word
that's already released -- as far as I know, nothing in the dictionary or
thesaurus has ever been changed after release unless it would have
engendered a lawsuit. I'll make a note to check this in the Office 2007 Beta
2 release, which should be available shortly.

While we're waiting for that, if you never use "incase" as a variant of
"encase", you can add "incase" to an exception dictionary. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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