Probably an old chestnut but...

[MartinJ]

...a friend of mine is adament the word is spelled butterflys, yet I see it here spelled butterflies. Who is right

Martin

[MartinJ]

I can answer my own question (computers are not my strong point)

I shall have great pleasure telling my friend he is wrong

Martin

[MikeOxon]

You have the Oxford dictionary behind you! It will also tell you the spelling of 'adamant'

[MartinJ]

Ha ha ha ha...tyvm Mike

[MikeOxon]

Sorry Martin, just couldn't resist it

I have the useful Dictionary add-on installed in my Firefox browser, which is a great help - it highlights mis-spelled words as I type messages, like this one.

Download from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... y/?src=api It can save a lot of embarrassment

Mike