Documentserver: Spell checker mark contractions and omissions (aren't, we're) as errors

[tony4212]

Under English USA language when typing anything with "n't" such as doesn't, didn't, aren't... I get a spell checking red mark. The correction choice it gives me is does n, did n, are n....
As far as I can tell all other contractions appear to be fine.

[alexanderonlyoffice]

Hello @tony4212, please specify the following information:

1. OS of the server, where ONLYOFFICE Document Server is installed;
2. Its installation type (docker, deb/rpm or Windows installation);
3. Currently installed version of Document Server;
4. Please send us also a screenshot illustrating the issue.

[Rita-Bubnova]

Hello, @tony4212.
Thank you. I can confirm - this is a bug, issue 41724 in our internal issue tracker.

[mcree]

I can confirm that this (or similar) behaviour is also experienced with other languages, such as Hungarian.

Common words like: "szolgáltatás", "üzemeltető", "kutatók", "elvárások", "bővítés" are al triggering spell checking errors, while they are happily accepted by other software based on the same hunspell engine / dictionaries.

The behaviour is the same in desktop and online edition of ONLYOFFICE. Tested on version 5.4.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 based desktop editor and dockerized server releases.

[jdaviescoates]

As per my now closed duplicate (I hadn't searched for contraction), it's not just n't contractions either. The same thing happens with e.g. we've

[tony4212]

Tested this on onlyoffice document editor version 5.6.5. Check both English (United States), (Canada), and (United Kingdom). All have this issue. Used Wikipedia:List_of_English_contractions. It should be noted that some of those contractions in the list should be marked incorrect anyway since they are only used colloquially.

[Rita-Bubnova]

As per my now close duplicate (I hadn't searched for contraction), it's not just n't contractions either. The same thing happens with e.g. we've

Thank you for your report, for us cases like doesn't and we've are the same and currently not implemented (issues 41724 (for Document Editor) and 46815 (for Spreadsheet Editor) in our private issue tracker).

[jdaviescoates]

@Rita-Bubnova yes, they are the same, so good to know. I only mentioned it because the OP just refers to "when typing anything with "n't" "

[ShockwaveNN]

@jdaviescoates Yeah, I changed title of issue to be more clear

[solarjoe]

I have the same issue (Desktop Editors Version 5.6.4.20) with German spell checking. Bold means underlined.

"Softwareent- und abwicklung" is highlighted, which points to an issue with hyphenation. "Es gibt mögliche Anwendungen ..." is detected correctly, but "Mögliche Anwendungen sind ..." is detected as incorrect. Could be an issue with context detection or capitalization. But I think it is also related to German "Umlaut" (ä, ü, ö).

[Rita-Bubnova]

@solarjoe, I see several questions (or problems) in your message:

1. Word "Softwareent" is not in the dictionary (as in MS Word). Is this behavior not correct?
2. Word "abwicklung" is proposed to be corrected to Abwicklung (as in MS Word). Is this behavior not correct?
3. We know about problem with word "Mögliche" - issue 43318 in our private issue tracker (discussed in https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors/issues/223#issuecomment-545472551).

The problems you describe are not related to the original problem. Could you create new issues?

[solarjoe]

Thank for the reply, I will add this to the other thread.

1.) It's a correct hyphenation and abbreviation. Instead of "Softwareentwickung und Softwareabwicklung" you can write
"Softwareent- und abwicklung". Save a "Software" and a "wicklung" :) . But you can also write "Softwareentwickung und -abwicklung", save-split at a different position, save one "Software". Basically you can choose how much to save and what sounds better.

2.) See above. It's correct in that case.

3.) Will do.