Hi Keith et al,
I posted a similar issue a while back with regard to just grammar, but now I’m seeing inconsistencies with spelling also, so have started a new thread.
When writing a novel, you often come up with fictional names – I have a place called Shotover Farm, for example – and I like to add these words to the user dictionary so they don’t distract me from genuine misspellings. And, although I know the grammar checker is notoriously flawed, I still use it to pick up the occasional genuine error, while ignoring erroneous grammar suggestions.
However, even after a clean install (of High Sierra, apparently, my system is too old for Mojave) I am seeing inconsistencies with the checker. And I don’t think it’s a Mac OS issue because it doesn’t happen in Word or in the Notes app. It does appear to be Scrivener specific.
Sometimes, right clicking on a word will give you the option to add the word to the user dictionary, and sometimes it won’t:
Sometimes it will give you the option to Ignore grammar you are happy with, and sometimes it won’t:
But Word and Notes, using exactly the same excerpt, work every time to Learn Words and Ignore Grammar:
It’s a bit frustrating that the right click doesn’t always work. I have to go into SPELLING AND GRAMMAR, SHOW SPELLING AND GRAMMAR, and LEARN the words that way.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.