457294 - Spell checker incorrectly flags contractions

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 344596

(Core :: Spelling checker, defect)

Description

[mainedude82]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008091620 Firefox/3.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008091620 Firefox/3.0.2

When using Firefox's internal spell checker, it will underline contractions such as don't , didn't, etc...before the apostrophe. For example, when I type "didn't", the "didn" is underlined, and it offers suggestions for respelling it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type a contraction
2. Continue typing
3. Watch the red underline come up incorrectly 
Actual Results:  
I got an incorrect spell check flag.

Expected Results:  
It should have left the word alone and not underlined it as misspelled.

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Which of the two possibilities do you mean: bug 422982 where in a rich text editor it will keep the first part marked until you go to a new line, or bug 344596, where it only keeps it marked until you type a letter after the apostrophe?

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

No response, so duping to bug 344596.